Clean Wisconsin and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court on Friday asking for review of the Public Service Commission’s decision to approve construction of a large gas power plant proposed for a site in Superior, Wisconsin.
In this episode of the podcast, we go to the banks of the Nemadji River in Superior to talk with local residents and learn about what a proposed 625 megawatt gas plant could mean for the environment and the local community if it is built.
If the next ten years are a winding road of uncertainty and urgency around climate change, what other states have—and what Wisconsin needs—is a climate roadmap.
After hearing from hundreds of Wisconsinites about water quality issues across many months, the Water Quality Task Force released a number of bills. Here’s our take on this legislation.
From Clean Wisconsin, this is State of Change, a podcast telling the stories of Wisconsin’s rapidly changing environment and the people who are trying to do something about it.
Clean Wisconsin commends the Natural Resources Board (NRB) for voting on Wednesday to allow the Department of Natural Resources to move forward with developing surface water, groundwater, and drinking water standards for a class of chemicals known as PFAS.
It puts the state on the path to getting to the end result of state protections from PFAS pollution we desperately need.
This January is quickly shaping up to be a busy month for drinking water, with many consequential policy actions taking place.
While climate change poses a serious threat, it also presents a real opportunity to transform our state by promoting clean energy, boosting our economy, and creating jobs. The newly formed Climate Change Task Force will play a big role in shaping how we deal with climate change in Wisconsin.
Clean Wisconsin applauds the Natural Resources Board for voting to start the process to develop new rules to reduce nitrate pollution from farm fields on Tuesday. This vote—the first major hurdle in creating new rules—was an important step for protecting rural drinking water across the state.
