By Matt Ouren, Stakeholder Engagement Manager & Tom Agger, Clean Buildings Manager 2009 called… it wants its building codes back. Wisconsin’s current residential building codes are based on standards originally written in 2009, a time when Brett Farve was a Viking, Taylor Swift was still singing country music, and Matt Ouren (see photo) was frantically
What is the extent of PFAS contamination in Wisconsin’s drinking water? This column looks at two sources of information to provide some insight into that question.
“Replacing coal with gas isn’t going to get us anywhere close to where we need to be. These things are locked in.”
“We’re the last line of defense to protect our, our, our sacred spaces, our water, our air.”
1939 — It’s the year researchers at the University of Wisconsin developed a hearty red corn that could tolerate Wisconsin winters and feed the state’s dairy cows. Before long, farms all over the state were sending trainloads of their ruby red corn to feed livestock across the country. But it didn’t last. The 1970s ushered
Some states have found PFAS tainting their milk and meat and contaminating crops. What are the health consequences of population-wide exposure to these toxic chemicals?
In this episode, Amy talks with Langston Verdin, founder of MKE Fresh Air Collective, a community-led air quality monitoring project in Milwaukee.
By Jacob Ahrens-Balwit, Strategic Communications Manager, and Katherine (Kata) Young, Natural Climate Solutions Manager. Before millions of acres of native oak trees, prairie grasses and wildflowers were replaced by annual rotations of row crops, the landscapes of Wisconsin were a self-sustaining tapestry of life. Vast expanses of open oak savanna and native prairie supported
Clean Wisconsin staff rolled up their sleeves for a green infrastructure workday at Pilgrim Rest Church in Milwaukee. Over the past ten years, our Resilient Communities Program team, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District, and the local community have joined forces to transform residential gardens and urban spaces into green havens that help manage flooding, water
Managed grazing is a farming practice where livestock are systematically rotated through pastureland to optimize their nutrition and the land’s health.
