Statement on legal win for wetlands
May 4, 2018
Clean Wisconsin, along with the Ho-Chunk Nation through their representative Midwest Environmental Advocates, made the following statement after the Administrative Law Judge ruled…
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Statement on approved manure spreading protections
January 24, 2018
These protections are a great beginning to addressing the drinking water crisis in Kewaunee County and Northeast Wisconsin, and we applaud the work of the DNR, stakeholders, and local citizens to take on this problem.…
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PAH Contamination In Three Small Wisconsin Cities’ Watersheds
January 21, 2018
An analysis of sediments from rivers that flow through and beyond three small Wisconsin cities and their widespread effects in smaller Wisconsin communities.…
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Manure spreading protections on the right track
January 11, 2018
The manure spreading rule announced by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) moves the state in the right direction to begin addressing the drinking water contamination crisis in Northeast Wisconsin, especially in Kewaunee County, where over one-third of tested private wells were found to contain bacteria and/or nitrate pollution.…
Read MoreWisconsin’s Waters Win in Clean Wisconsin High-Capacity Well Case
October 11, 2017
Dane County Circuit Court ordered the DNR to vacate, or invalidate, seven high-capacity well permits and remand one for consideration. Clean Wisconsin sued the DNR in October of 2016, after the agency issued a series of high-capacity well permits that disregarded its own scientific analysis of the impacts the wells would have on neighboring water bodies.…
Read MoreClean Wisconsin seeks to intervene in Dairy Business Association lawsuit
October 2, 2017
Clean Wisconsin today filed a Motion to Intervene in a Dairy Business Association (DBA) lawsuit which attacks safeguards that protect surface water and groundwater from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) pollution.…
Read MoreClean Wisconsin Challenges Trump Administration Over Delayed Standards of Landfill Methane Emission
August 4, 2017
Lawsuit with partners aims to end illegal rule stay issued by Secretary Scott Pruitt Clean Wisconsin on Friday filed a challenge to EPA…
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Established New Standards for Industrial Air Pollutants
July 25, 2017
A legal case brought by Clean Wisconsin against the EPA in 2017 forced the agency to adopt new health standards for more than a dozen harmful industrial sources.…
Read MoreClean Wisconsin Wins Toxic Air Pollution Lawsuit
March 23, 2017
A federal judged on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review health standards for hazardous air pollutants from 13 types of industrial sources, including tire, plywood, fiberglass, and other facilities.…
Read MoreClean Wisconsin Applauds Milwaukee’s New Pavement Sealant Restrictions
February 7, 2017
Common Council’s move to limit sale and use of toxic chemicals good for health, water…
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