Resource-Environment

Environment

Environment - PFAS
Foam found on the banks of Starkweather Creek showed high concentrations of a contaminant called PFAS Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

PFAS Contamination Links to information regarding Wiscosnin PFAS contamination sites

https://brown.wiscdems.com/2019/12/23/resource-environment-pfas/

Mining
Issues regarding mining and impact on the environment

Link to information about the Back 40 Mine proposed on the Menominee River:

https://brown.wiscdems.com/2019/12/23/resource-environment-mining/

Other reading resources:

95 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html

 

PFAS found in drinking water

https://apple.news/AWwBVDPcwST6bZ2sQ6uf_9w

Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/climate/trump-environment-water.html

Trump’s Latest Attack on the Environment May Be His Most Alarming Yet

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-latest-attack-on-the-environment-may-be-his-most-alarming-yet/