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Since 1970, I'm Amy Berrio.
The state of Wisconsin is joining health and environmental advocates across the country, including Clean Wisconsin, that are suing the EPA over its repeal of climate protections.
The cases center on the EPA's repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which found that climate pollution is a threat to public health and welfare.
Since that finding, Wisconsin has experienced increases in harms related to climate change, including damaging storms, toxic wildfire smoke, and
a boom in reported cases of tick-borne diseases.
Exploratory drilling happening in the Chewamagon-Nicolet National Forest in Taylor County by a Canadian company hoping to build a sulfide mine in the area.
The company wants to see if it would be economically viable to extract metals like gold and copper from the environment there.
Any actual mine project could still be years away.
Right now on the Defender Podcast, a look at what data center tariffs are and why you should care.
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