Overview
The Big Ugly Bill
By voting to cut federal investments in clean energy, infrastructure and pollution cleanup, Wisconsin’s Congressional lawmakers are pushing us toward a dirtier, more expensive future.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump earlier this year will have some very ugly consequences for Wisconsin. It rips away incentives to help families and businesses save energy, giving huge tax breaks to big oil and gas instead. It dismantles the largest investment to fight climate change in U.S. history and prioritizes expensive coal mining and fracking.
As data centers strain our resources and energy prices spike across the state, it’s time to hold Congress accountable for its big giveaways to fossil fuel interests and tech companies at the expense of Wisconsin families.
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Hold Congress accountable for the Big Ugly Bill
By voting to cut federal investments in clean energy, infrastructure and pollution cleanup, Wisconsin’s Congressional lawmakers are pushing us toward a dirtier, more expensive future.
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Big Money > Safety
These are just some of the provisions of the Big Ugly Bill that put big-moneyed interests over a safe, healthy future for Wisconsin families:
- Rips away incentives to help families and businesses save energy
- Eliminates tax credits for wind and solar projects
- Guts USDA technical assistance that helps farmers protect water soil
- Gives more tax breaks to big oil and gas
- Allows corporations to pay to fast-track projects that emit pollution
- Rescinds moratorium on new coal leasing
- Reduces the royalty rates oil & gas companies pay to lease public lands
- Dismantles vehicle and methane emissions standards
- Ends tax credits for clean vehicles, including cars and school buses
- Eliminates programs to reduce air pollution in schools
- Pulls funding to help the EPA address hydrofluorocarbons
- Cuts funding for the National Park Service and Forest Service
- Requires the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to more than double timber harvesting on public lands
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AI data centers in Wisconsin will use more energy than all homes in state combined
New analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals scale of data center energy demand.
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Data Center Secrets
What will the AI data center boom mean for Wisconsin’s precious water resources, our land, our energy bills? And why is it so hard to find out?
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Trump order to keep Michigan coal plant running will mean higher energy bills in Wisconsin
Families and businesses across the Midwest, including here in Wisconsin, will be footing the bill to bring an empty coal plant back online in Michigan.
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Ready for a REAL energy crisis?
Find out why the fallout from Trump’s budget will include bigger bills, more toxic emissions, and a higher risk of blackouts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
Why is Clean Wisconsin fighting this plant?
Because it’s a massive step backward. NTEC would lock in carbon emissions for decades, threaten local wetlands, and slow progress toward our clean energy future.
What are the alternatives to the gas plant?
Clean energy paired with battery storage, which are cleaner, more cost-effective, and aligned with Wisconsin law.
What permits does the project still need?
A wetland fill permit and a USDA loan. Without these approvals, the project can’t move forward.
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