by Scott Blankman | Sep 4, 2019 | clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate, solar, wind
In August, Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order to formally set a statewide goal of 100% clean energy by 2050, and to establish an Office of Clean Energy & Sustainability within the Department of Administration. Similar to the transition to clean energy...
by Scott Laeser | Aug 19, 2019 | clean water, groundwater, Water
A few months ago, I wrote about the formation of the Speaker’s Task Force on Water Quality in response to concerning water test results from the first round of sampling for the Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology (SWIGG) study. The first round of sampling...
by Mark Redsten | Aug 17, 2019 | Blog, Other News
Each year the need for protecting Wisconsin’s environment comes into sharp focus on trips to summer cabins, while boating on Lake Superior, fishing on a northern Wisconsin lake, or running through woods or past fields of coneflowers on Picnic Point in Madison. These...
by Carly Michiels | Aug 14, 2019 | PFAS, Water
Lawmakers, Evers Administration make strides on PFAS During the Year of Clean Drinking Water, lawmakers and state agencies under the leadership of Gov. Evers have started to take early but important steps to curb PFAS pollution and protect public health in Wisconsin....
by Jon Drewsen | Aug 13, 2019 | clean water, groundwater, Water
Gov. Tony Evers did more in one week to move the state forward on drinking water issues than the entire previous governor’s eight years in office. In late July, Gov. Evers travelled the state to announce steps his administration were taking to tackle drinking water...
by Oliver Redsten | Aug 7, 2019 | PFAS, Water
Northeast Wisconsin residents grapple with PFAS pollution Ruth Kowalski can still remember the first time she read the unfamiliar acronym. It was the fall of 2017, and Kowalski, 64, was standing in the kitchen of her Town of Peshtigo home holding a letter that had...
