Oct 9, 2025 | issues
By Madeline Heim and Laura Schulte / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct. 8, 2025 NORTH FREEDOM, WI – The sprawling grounds of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Sauk County are largely peaceful, long transformed from what was once the world’s largest...
Jun 25, 2024 | issues
Environmental and public health groups are attacking EPA’s proposed rule on open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of waste munitions, saying that if the agency will not back their long-running calls for a total ban on the practice it must at least strengthen elements...
May 21, 2024 | issues
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for public comment another 30 days – the NEW deadline for comment on the proposed federal rule is June 20, 2024. Military bases and private facilities across the country release harmful pollutants...
Apr 29, 2024 | issues
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public comment on proposed regulations that will allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. In communities across America, open burning and detonation of energetic hazardous waste...
Feb 9, 2024 | issues
In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a legislatively-required report to Congress on the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that the military considers “critical to the national security of the United States.” The detailed 27-page...
