Since 1970, I'm Amy Berrio.
Clover Leaf, the developer behind Port Washington's controversial AI data center, is reportedly looking to build a new hyperscale data center on the east side of Madison.
The city passed a moratorium on AI data centers and made concerns about water use and high energy demands, but that moratorium expires in January.
A pair of piping plovers say that three times fast has been seen nesting on Wisconsin Point in Superior for the first time in 49 years.
The migratory birds are endangered in the Great Lakes region, but there's been a big effort to bring them back.
The pair nested on an isolated stretch of sand and rocks that was built as part of a collaborative habitat recovery project.
About four and a half million dollars in funding for that project came from the Federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
For a deep dive into Wisconsin's most pressing environmental issues, check out
the Defender podcast, listen at cleanwisconsin.org or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Since 1970, I'm Amy Berrio.
Clover Leaf, the developer behind Port Washington's controversial AI data center, is reportedly looking to build a new hyperscale data center on the east side of Madison.
The city passed a moratorium on AI data centers and made concerns about water use and high energy demands, but that moratorium expires in January.
A pair of piping plovers say that three times fast has been seen nesting on Wisconsin Point in Superior for the first time in 49 years.
The migratory birds are endangered in the Great Lakes region, but there's been a big effort to bring them back.
The pair nested on an isolated stretch of sand and rocks that was built as part of a collaborative habitat recovery project.
About four and a half million dollars in funding for that project came from the Federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
For a deep dive into Wisconsin's most pressing environmental issues, check out
the Defender podcast, listen at cleanwisconsin.org or wherever you get your podcasts.