Climate Change Task Force unveils recommendations
We are confident that Wisconsin can take meaningful action to combat the climate crisis.
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A very modest rule, delayed
The ongoing crisis of PFAS pollution in Wisconsin drinking water centers around one primary source: firefighting foams. While some are trying to take aim at tackling this major threat to public health, others are standing in the way.
Circuit Court upholds permit denial, protecting “imperiled” wetlands
Ruling makes it clear: science needs to lead permitting process MADISON, WI — The Monroe County Circuit Court upheld an Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on Monday to deny a wetland fill permit to an out-of-state frac sand company. Their proposed project would have permanently destroyed over 16 acres of a rare and valuable wetland forest
When the waters came
We talk about flooding and climate change solutions, two years after record rains rocked western Dane County.
Countdown from coal
What Wisconsin’s latest coal plant closing tells us about the future of energy.
Dirty Water Rule puts Wisconsin’s drinking water at risk.
This truth is why in 1972, Congress enacted the bipartisan Clean Water Act to protect our nation’s streams and wetlands and keep our water safe. And it’s why in 2020, Clean Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal court with other environmental groups to challenge the Trump Administration’s “Dirty Water Rule,” which will wipe out many of these vital protections.
Digging deeper: What are ephemeral streams and non-adjacent wetlands?
The Dirty Water Rule will have major impacts to water quality due to the importance of ephemeral streams and non-adjacent wetlands. But what are these waterbodies?
Meet our new staff
This summer has brought a lot of changes for Clean Wisconsin, and this includes some new additions to our staff.
Breathing easier
In a major victory for Wisconsin’s air quality, a federal appeals court judge ruled on July 10, 2020 that the US Environmental Protection Agency had failed to protect Wisconsin residents from ozone pollution when determining which counties met health standards for the pollutant.
Statement supporting shuttering of Edgewater 5 coal plant
MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin strongly supports Alliant Energy’s plan to retire the Edgewater Unit 5 coal plants in Sheboygan by the end of 2022, which the utility announced Friday morning.
