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Courthouse News Service Interviews Scanlan, May 27, 2022

June 6, 2022News, Uncategorized

Melissa Scanlan, director for the Center for Water Policy, talked to Courthouse News Services about the problem with manure runoff in drinking water. Wisconsin dairy’s dispute with state regulators part of broader factory farm growing pains  

CWP Water Policy Specialist Featured in State Bar of Wisconsin Newsletter, Jan. 11, 2022

February 1, 2022Uncategorized

Public Rights on Milwaukee’s Fresh Coast: Issues with Lakebed Fill In Milwaukee, the state legislature granted municipal governments the right to build new land along the coastline. These projects on lakebed fill must accommodate the public. Sarah Martinez gives details… Read More

Scanlan and Speth in Conversation About the Path to the Fossil-free Economy, Norwich Bookstore, Nov. 12, 2021

November 2, 2021Uncategorized

Melissa Scanlan will talk with Gus Speth, founder of World Resources Institute and a cofounder of Natural Resources Defense Council, about her new book Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy on Nov. 12, 2021, 7 p.m. EST. This event is virtual and… Read More

Melissa Scanlan Speaks at Union Co-op Symposium, Nov. 12, 2021

November 2, 2021Uncategorized

Melissa Scanlan will speak at the 5th Biennial Union Co-op Symposium. The theme for this year’s virtual event is “Economics of Well-Being: Building a Just Economy.” The Union Co-op Symposium is a two-day conference that brings together people interested in… Read More

Policy Perspectives on Research: Changing the Menu in Lake Michigan

August 15, 2018Publications, Uncategorized

The spread of invasive Dreissenid mussels has relocated nutrients from the open water to the floor of Lake Michigan. How has this shift impacted the diets of fish and invertebrates in this system? Ben Turshak (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and his… Read More

Stormwater risks could rival sewage overflows

June 15, 2013Uncategorized

Stormwater runoff itself—not just sewage overflows—presents an increased risk of waterborne disease. Actual risk will depend on exposure. Human waste rightly stirs an emotional aversion in the public mind, and much attention is paid to sewage overflows for their potential… Read More

Proactive surveillance and alert systems can mitigate rain-related disease risks

June 15, 2013Publications archive, Uncategorized

Pathogen tracking and public communication strategies modeled after heat wave warning systems can educate the public about local risks and inform targeted boil-water advisories. Full-text PDF

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