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Agricultural and environmental groups partner on clean water budget priorities

April 12, 2023

Four agricultural and environmental groups are calling for significant investments in the next state budget as part of a long-term effort to address Wisconsin’s water quality issues.…

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Three Big Things

April 11, 2023

The goal is in sight. We know Wisconsin can reach a clean energy future within a generation, one where we breathe cleaner air,…

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Under the Lens: Exploring carbon capture and storage

April 11, 2023

  Carbon Capture and Storage, what is it and how does it work? Many analyses investigating how to reach climate goals include carbon…

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Climate Cash: How Wisconsin can make the most of historic federal funds

April 11, 2023

How much will you get from the Inflation Reduction Act? Find with Rewiring America’s IRA Calculator Historic federal funding measures could make a…

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Taste the Change: Emerging climate-smart perennial crops

April 11, 2023

  Growing Problems For decades, farmers have produced abundant and inexpensive food, but at great environmental cost. In Wisconsin, conventional agricultural practices (growing…

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Q & A with Energy Program Manager Ciaran Gallagher

April 11, 2023

Clean Wisconsin has a new Energy Manager! A recent graduate of the Energy and Resources Ph.D. program at UW-Madison, Dr. Ciaran Gallagher specialized…

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All eyes on Wisconsin – Environmental protections at stake in state Supreme Court race

April 11, 2023

Local and national media outlets alike have called it the country’s most important political race of 2023. The outcome of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court…

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Green Infrastructure Toolkit for Wisconsin Municipalities

March 15, 2023

A toolkit to empower local Wisconsin governments looking to use green infrastructure as a stormwater management solution and community enhancement strategy.…

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Proposed federal PFAS limits signal growing concern over health risks of “forever chemicals”

March 14, 2023

The proposed federal PFAS limits are far lower and more expansive than current Wisconsin standards. Today the Environmental Protection Agency issued its first ever proposed limits for PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.…

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Solar vs Corn for Ethanol: Which land use produces the most energy?

March 13, 2023

We’re hearing it more and more: Solar farms in Wisconsin are taking away prime farmland used for food. But it turns out, a million acres of farmland in Wisconsin are already being used energy production by growing corn for ethanol. A quarter of all the corn grown in our state is processed into ethanol. Nationwide, it’s 45%.…

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