Category: As Seen in the Defender

To date, the Mississippi River, one of America’s iconic waterways, has received no such investment, but hopefully that will soon change.

After years of hard work, and a long procedural delay, a pair of legal cases brought by Clean Wisconsin and its co-petitioners to protect Wisconsin’s water are finally being heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

While Wisconsin’s water quality challenges have received more attention from lawmakers the last couple of years, we haven’t seen the bold, transformative policies necessary to put Wisconsin on a firm path to cleaner water come to fruition.

This summer has brought a lot of changes for Clean Wisconsin, and this includes some new additions to our staff.

Our 50-year history gives us perspective and helps provide context as we prepare for the long road and hard work of addressing huge issues ahead.

This Defender highlights just some of the important work happening at Clean Wisconsin.

What difference does 0.9°F make? It seems small, but when it comes to global warming, it is a pretty substantial difference.

Highlights from Clean Wisconsin's legal staff.

Clean Wisconsin wraps up 5th year of green infrastructure work.

DNR records uncovered by Clean Wisconsin reveal a continued threat from high capacity wells to our precious groundwater resources.