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Category: Clean Air

Posted on June 20, 2024 By Ciaran Gallagher, Air and Energy Manager
In As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Move by Wisconsin’s electric grid operator exposes myth of gas plant dependability

Five years ago, gas power plants were considered consistently dependable and ready to provide power whenever we needed it. But then the 2021 winter storm in Texas, followed by the 2022 winter storm across the Midwest, upended those assumptions.
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Photo of the coal-fired Weston Power Plant in Wausau, Wis. Photo Credit: Clean Wisconsin
Posted on June 12, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Legal News

Clean Wisconsin takes legal action to protect communities from toxic mercury pollution

“This standard limits the amount of mercury, heavy metals, hydrochloric acid and other toxic pollutants that power plants are allowed to release into our environment, and there is no question we need those limits to be as strong as possible.
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Power plant on shore of Lake Michigan emitting greenhouse gas pollution and other toxic chemicals
Posted on April 25, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

New EPA power plant rules will save lives in Wisconsin

New EPA standards will slash carbon, coal ash, mercury, contaminated wastewater and other toxic pollution from power plants
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Posted on April 19, 2024 By Katie Nekola, General Counsel
In Blog, As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Back to the Future: We Energies Doubles Down on Fossil Fuel

Twenty-four years ago, Wisconsin Electric Power Company launched the largest power plant building spree our state had ever seen.
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Power plant with smoke billowing from smokestacks
Posted on February 28, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Legal News

Clean Wisconsin Intervenes in Pair of Federal Lawsuits Aimed at Dismantling EPA Authority

"It’s important for people to understand these cases are not happening in a vacuum. They’re happening one after another on the Federal level and state level all across the country.
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Air pollution coming from coal plant on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
Posted on February 7, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air

EPA Announces Tougher Standards for Deadly Soot Pollution

Stronger soot pollution limits are expected to prevent 40 premature deaths in Wisconsin every year.
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Posted on October 3, 2023 By Paul Mathewson, Ph.D., Science Program Director
In As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Science: Under the Lens

Under the Lens: Hazardous Air Pollutants in Wisconsin

Over half of people of color in Wisconsin cities live within one mile of a facility that emits Hazardous Air Pollution.  By Paul Mathewson, Science Program Director, and Sausann Al Jawhar, Summer Science Research Intern.
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Posted on October 2, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Proposed EPA power plant rules would save Wisconsin millions in healthcare-related costs

  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.
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Power plant on shore of Lake Michigan emitting greenhouse gas pollution and other toxic chemicals
Posted on September 25, 2023 By Clean Wisconsin
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

New Analysis: Proposed EPA power plant rules would save Wisconsin millions in healthcare-related costs

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.
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Wisconsin Capitol Building
Posted on August 4, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Government and Policy

Evers’ Veto Supports Cleaner, Healthier Wisconsin Communities

Wisconsin communities will retain the ability to adopt policies phasing out the use of dangerous fossil fuels, thanks to Gov. Evers’ veto of Senate Bill 49.
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