Environment

Wisconsin’s decades-old land purchase program is “on life support,” a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday.

The price for cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — has soared over the past three years. The surge is mainly due to small harvests in West Africa, where the bulk of the world’s cocoa is grown. Climate change has brought extreme heat to the area, which has limited the crop’s production.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release its draft environmental review in June for a $750 million tunnel to house Enbridge’s Line 5.

Climate, weather and water-related research in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes would take a hit under the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a press release Monday that her agency was immediately canceling the $3.1 billion program.

Environmental advocates and legal experts say the outcome of this month’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election will affect a number of cases coming before the court.

A soil advisor and a watershed planner explain new research underway to better maintain agricultural systems in Wisconsin.

There are many contradictory myths about Northwoods lumberjacks and the work they did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were depicted as hard-living, violent men, but also as upstanding, conservation-minded gentlemen.

State environmental regulators are offering emergency drinking water for 50 additional households relying on private wells in the town of Peshtigo.

A Canadian mining company has been cleared to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin.