Category Archives: Environment
Meeting a freshwater rock star
It wasn’t a concert or touring show that packed Madison’s Capitol Theater Tuesday night. Seven hundred or so people turned out on a miserable rainy night for a lecture about water. The star attraction was Sandra Postel, founder of the … Continue reading
I’m just a Bill
After two years, numerous stops and starts, threatened lawsuits, high unemployment, fears of environmental catastrophe, and promises of economic opportunity, at some time today, the State Assembly will pass Senate Bill 1 that seeks to change Wisconsin’s mining laws to … Continue reading
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Laws like sausages?
I have a mea culpa to issue this morning. For years, I have publicly made the comparison that the creation of television journalism was much like that of making laws and sausage: an often un-pretty process that can be uncomfortable … Continue reading
Public Projects, Public Trust
In a time of massive belt tightening in the public sector, yesterday a parcel of loans totalling $16 million dollars was approved for use in villages, towns and cities across Wisconsin. The funds were green-lighted by the Board of Commissioners of … Continue reading
Remembering bat expert Dave Redell
Most of my colleagues and I who work in production at Wisconsin Public Television will tell you that the greatest privilege of our jobs is the chance to meet interesting people doing interesting things. I never met Dave Redell, but … Continue reading
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