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Author: Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director

Midwest grid operator approves plan that will support dramatic clean energy growth in Wisconsin

Posted on December 13, 2024 (December 13, 2024)

“Wisconsin is moving from relying on dangerous, expensive coal and gas power plants to clean solar, wind, and batteries. More transmission lines directly enable a clean electricity future that is reliable and affordable.”

Posted in Climate and Energy, Press Releases

Clean Wisconsin, partners move to block Line 5 permits

Posted on December 12, 2024

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued permits in November that would allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to clear trees, dig trenches and fill wetlands to make way for a new 41-mile segment of its Line 5 pipeline.

Posted in Clean Water, Legal News, Press Releases

Clean Wisconsin brings gas plant challenge to Supreme Court

Posted on December 6, 2024 (December 9, 2024)

The plant would release almost 3 million tons of greenhouse gases and 200 tons of other dangerous pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds every year in a neighborhood already burdened by industrial emissions

Posted in Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Legal News, Press Releases

Clean Wisconsin considers legal challenge to Line 5 permits

Posted on November 14, 2024

The proposed pipeline route, which crosses 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and hundreds of acres of wetlands, is upstream of Copper Falls State Park and poses a huge risk to the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.

Posted in Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Press Releases

More Than 1,000 Wisconsinites Sign Open Letter to Microsoft

Posted on October 22, 2024 (October 22, 2024)

People from across Wisconsin are joining environmental and health advocates to call on Microsoft to power its new AI data center with local clean energy.

Posted in Climate and Energy, Press Releases

EPA requires removal of all lead pipes within a decade

Posted on October 8, 2024 (October 8, 2024)

In 10 years, Wisconsin families will no longer be drinking water contaminated with toxic lead from lead service lines.

Posted in Clean Water, Press Releases, Uncategorized

DNR issues Environmental Impact Statement for Line 5 pipeline

Posted on September 12, 2024 (September 12, 2024)

Calgary-based Enbridge, Inc. is seeking permits from the DNR that would allow the company to reroute its pipeline across 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and 612 acres of wetlands.

Posted in Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Legal News, Press Releases

Wisconsin Supreme Court Moves to Protect Critical Natural Areas

Posted on July 5, 2024

Today the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that a statute allowing the legislative Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) to block Knowles-Nelson Stewardship projects violates the Wisconsin constitution.

Posted in Press Releases

Clean Wisconsin takes legal action to protect communities from toxic mercury pollution

Posted on June 12, 2024 (June 12, 2024)

“This standard limits the amount of mercury, heavy metals, hydrochloric acid and other toxic pollutants that power plants are allowed to release into our environment, and there is no question we need those limits to be as strong as possible.”

Posted in Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Legal News, Press Releases

Line 5 Public Hearing Set for Tuesday, June 4

Posted on May 31, 2024 (June 2, 2024)

Enbridge’s pipeline disaster record includes the Kalamazoo River spill in 2010, the largest inland oil spill in US history.

Posted in Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Legal News, Press Releases
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