Achieving Net Zero Would Expand Wisconsin’s Economy While Saving Billions in Healthcare Costs There is a pathway for Wisconsin to achieve a net-zero future within a generation. New detailed energy and economic modeling shows Wisconsin can cost-effectively transition to net-zero emissions by 2050, reaching a point where we emit no more carbon into the atmosphere
Every family in Wisconsin deserves safe water, but tens of thousands of rural Wisconsinites can’t drink the water flowing from their taps because their wells are contaminated with harmful nitrates or PFAS. Now, the Evers Administration is stepping in to give these families peace of mind by dramatically expanding a program that helps private well
Clean Wisconsin is working to ensure last year’s state Supreme Court victory results in real drinking water protections for people living near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in our state. Today Clean Wisconsin officially became a party to a case filed by Kinnard Farms against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over wastewater permit
The largest investment to fight climate change in American history is now law. Today President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes a $369 billion package of climate, clean energy, and environmental justice provisions. It is the single biggest action the U.S. government has ever taken to address the climate crisis and
The U.S. Senate has passed the largest investment to fight climate change in American history. The $369 billion package of climate and clean energy provisions will be the single biggest action Congress has ever taken to address the climate crisis and is projected to slash carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. This is a critical
Court decision restricts future EPA regulation of power plant carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. Today the U.S. Supreme Court restricted some of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit carbon emissions from power plants—just as the window to avert the worst impacts of climate change is beginning to close. Currently, the EPA has
After years of work from the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Health Services, along with tireless advocacy from families and communities across the state, Wisconsin finally has enforceable water standards for PFAS. “Everyone has the right to drink clean water and eat the fish they catch. Unfortunately, many Wisconsinites can’t do those
Clean Wisconsin’s analysis shows Wisconsin has the 3rd largest racial disparity in the nation for exposure to particulate matter air pollution.
Today a Dane County Circuit Court judge upheld the Public Service Commission’s 2019 decision to greenlight construction the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a 625-megawatt methane gas plant planned along the Nemadji River near Superior. The $700 million power plant— a project from Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power and Basin Electric Power—will come with an enormous
One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy operations is pushing back against permit requirements meant to protect drinking water from cow manure pollution. On Earth Day, Kinnard Farms filed suit against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) arguing it should not be required to test the water quality near farm fields where it spreads large amounts of
