Category: As Seen in the Defender

What do broadband access, flood repairs and well water testing have in common? They have all been funded by the environmental impact fee from large transmission lines in rural Wisconsin communities.

Two Madison-area utilities, Wisconsin Power & Light (Alliant) and Madison Gas & Electric are currently asking for rate increases in cases before the Public Service Commission.

  Clean Wisconsin staff rolled up their sleeves for a green infrastructure workday at Pilgrim Rest Church in Milwaukee.

Managed grazing is a farming practice where livestock are systematically rotated through pastureland to optimize their nutrition and the land's health.

Guest article by Fred Clark, Executive Director at Wisconsin’s Green Fire   With support from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) and Clean Wisconsin are launching a two-year project to assess feasibility and design a new model for farm incentive programs.

  Power plant rules recently proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have dramatic health impacts here in Wisconsin, according to a new analysis from Clean Wisconsin.

  Clean Wisconsin is intervening in a dangerous lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) that seeks to undermine critical water protections.

Unlocking the Potential of a Remarkable Fruit  Nestled among the picturesque rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin, just outside Blanchardville, lies Barham Gardens. Kim and Roberta Barham live on this small homestead farm where they tend around 1,000 aronia berry plants.

As seen in the Wisconsin State Journal   We may hardly notice the delivery of fossil fuels until disaster strikes. A gasoline tanker overturned in Pennsylvania in November. A pipeline spilled 600,000 gallons of oil in Kansas in December.

The Biden EPA recently rolled out its strongest-ever proposal to slash planet-warming emissions from power plants.