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Over 11,000 Pounds of Phosphorus Kept Out of Red Cedar Watershed Due to Cost-Shared Farming Practices in 2024

The Cenovus refinery in Superior cost $1.2 billion to rebuild. The refinery resumed operations in 2023.The Cenovus refinery in Superior cost $1.2 billion to rebuild. The refinery resumed operations in 2023. Danielle Kaeding/WPR

Wisconsin oil refinery faces dozens of alleged violations of state pollution control laws

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Endangered whooping crane dies of avian flu at International Crane Foundation

This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 and provided by NOAA, shows weather systems in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

US braces for storm expected to hit the East Coast as Hurricane Imelda in coming days

President Donald Trump gestures with his hands as he addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

FACT CHECK: AP's director of climate news breaks down Trump's remarks at the UN on climate change

FILE - Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

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Capture the Red Cedar Watershed: Photo Contest Now Open!

Grazer, a female bear who is the two-time defending champion in the popular online Fat Bear Week competition, is shown Sept. 27, 2024, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (M. Carenza/National Park Service via AP)

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

FILE - Theodore Tanczuk, left, and Brayan Santos, right, of solar installer YellowLite, put panels on the roof of a home in Lakewood, Ohio, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Did you dawdle on that new heat pump or EV? Better move fast to get those tax credits

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The Greatest Season of All

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AI data centers in Wisconsin will use more energy than all homes in state combined

FILE - High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy

FILE - An employee surveys the damage at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. after it was flooded during tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 28, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, file)

Trump approves federal disaster aid for storms and flooding in Wisconsin and other states

Protesters in Milwaukee take part in a 2019 march demanding action to address climate change. Fifteen young people are suing the state of Wisconsin for harming their future by allowing pollution that hastens climate change. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)

‘I feel let down by my state’: Kids sue Wisconsin over climate change

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Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin to Join U.S. Climate Alliance Affordable Clean Cars Coalition

How many AI queries does it take to use up a regular plastic water bottle’s worth of water? kieferpix/iStock/Getty Images Plus

AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency employees take part in a national march against actions taken by the Trump administration March 25, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

Los Angeles County lifeguards stand on guard as people cool off at Castaic Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Castaic, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona

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