Rules that protect Wisconsinites from seven so-called “super toxic” air pollutants including mercury, PCBs and benzene are on the chopping block in Congress. Lawmakers are considering a joint resolution that would roll back stronger safeguards for the chemicals under the Clean Air Act. Never in the Act’s 50-year history has Congress ever reduced clean air protections.

A new solar farm is up and running in southern Wisconsin. The Darien Solar Energy Center in Walworth and Rock counties can provide enough energy to power about 75,000 homes. The high-tech panels can move and track the sun throughout the day and capture energy on both sides, which comes in handy when there is snow on the ground reflecting the sun. Thanks to falling prices, solar is now the quickest and cheapest way to produce energy.

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