News tagged as "frac sand"

How citizen voices mattered in a Trempealeau County frac sand permit denial and Wisconsin Supreme Court decision.

Meteor Timber's application to establish an industrial sand facility could fill in a record number of natural wetland acres in Wisconsin. 

Mining operation air pollution permit approved without Clean Air Act compliance, PM2.5

Public review and comment can help improve agency’s Strategic Analysis

Robust public review and feedback needed to improve report.

Report on industrial sand industry’s health impacts ignores mine neighbors’ air quality concerns, cumulative impacts.

Water pollution management rules for the frac sand industry have needed updates since 2014 - and since frac sand mining first boomed. Improvements are coming, but more needs to be done.

Assembly Bill 600 (and Senate Bill 459) would erode Wisconsin’s wetlands protections and conflict with basic tenants of our state constitution that protect the public’s access to water.

Citizens' frac sand concerns must be collected early in DNR's strategic analysis of mining industry activities' impacts.

Natural resource protection cutbacks leave our clean water and air at risk