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![Text: What's missing from Enbridge's Line 5 proposal. [River Alliance logo]](https://wisconsinrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Enbridge-EIS-390x275.png)
Last week the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources concluded its open comment period on a draft environmental impact statement on a proposed reroute of an oil pipeline that would run through northern Wisconsin and the Bad River Reservation.River Alliance of Wisconsin began talking... Read More
Today the Natural Resources Board of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources failed to approve a plan for better state standards to limit the amount of PFAS pollution in ground water. The Board amended the drinking water standard to two and a half times more lenient than... Read More
![State leaders must act quickly on PFAS [River Alliance logo]](https://wisconsinrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PFAS-La-Crosse.png)
La Crosse County residents are familiar with the problem of PFAS contamination. The Town of Rib Mountain and Rhinelander also recently joined the list of hot spots including Marinette, Peshtigo, Milwaukee, Madison, and Eau Claire. This week the City of Wausau got the bad news that all... Read More
Good news for Eau Claire and La Crosse voters! Clean water advisory referendums will be added to voters’ ballots in Eau Claire and La Crosse Counties in the 2022 spring elections. An advisory referendum question will give voters a chance to express their support for more action by... Read More
![What happened to Wisconsin's rules on nitrate contamination? [River Alliance of Wisconsin logo]](https://wisconsinrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Website-blog-image-390x275-2-390x275.png)
This week, the Department of Natural Resources announced that the update to the nitrate contamination in groundwater rules (NR 151) would not be moving forward. This is bad news for Wisconsin’s water and strikes a serious blow to years of study, advocacy, and work to improve our... Read More
