Clean Wisconsin finds state continues to permit high-capacity wells near sensitive waters
November 15, 2018
DNR records uncovered by Clean Wisconsin reveal a continued threat from high capacity wells to our precious groundwater resources.…
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Clean Wisconsin challenges EPA over ozone pollution
November 15, 2018
On August 1, 2018, Clean Wisconsin sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court, challenging a rule that exposes thousands of Wisconsin residents to ozone pollution.…
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Southwest Wisconsin counties launch well water quality study
November 14, 2018
Drinking water contamination issues continue to surface around the state, and now some Southwest Wisconsin counties are stepping up to get on top of potential well water contamination.…
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Clean Wisconsin files lawsuit challenging U.S. EPA’s failure to reduce unhealthy smog
August 1, 2018
Clean Wisconsin sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the federal Circuit Court in Washington, D.C. to challenge a Trump Administration decision that fails to reduce unhealthy ozone smog in Wisconsin and other parts of the country.…
Read MoreStatement on Meteor Timber’s petition for review by DNR Secretary
May 16, 2018
“Meteor Timber’s request that the Secretary, a political appointee, overrule the decision of an impartial administrative law judge is inappropriate and asks the Secretary to act beyond his legal authority. If the company does not agree with the judge’s decision, there is an authorized process for appealing that decision to a Circuit Court judge who will serve as an impartial decision maker."…
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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.…
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