EPA announces largest project ever funded under a Great Lakes cleanup program in Milwaukee

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a roughly $450 million effort to remove almost 2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments from the Milwaukee Harbor and three rivers in the area surrounding Milwaukee, Wisconsin. EPA leaders called the project a “once in a generation” opportunity to address pollution that’s existed for more than 150 years including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), petroleum compounds, and heavy metals like mercury and lead. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.