Environment

A county resolution will coordinate efforts to address phosporus polution, diminish algae overgrowth

Madison Area Bus Advocates challenge advertising on city buses

Madison’s Metro Transit needs a skeletal snow emergency plan. Our winters are harsh; we can have excessive snowfalls, and conditions are not always amenable to a “business as usual” format. So despite all our technology, there are simply times when we need a contingency plan, as during the recent blizzard of Thursday, Dec. 20. Fortunately, Wisconsin’s governor declared a state of emergency that day so all government offices, schools, and other enterprises uniformly shut down.

A look at the county's new, green waste facility and one of the people who manages it

Part II in a series about Just Coffee, featuring their fair trade certification and relationship with growers