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Category: Climate and Energy

Posted on May 30, 2023 By Ciaran Gallagher
In Blog, Climate and Energy

Support A Clean Way to Move Energy

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.
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Power plant smoke stacks at sunset
Posted on May 11, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Government and Policy

EPA power plant rules would slash harmful air pollution and carbon emissions in Wisconsin

New pollution standards for coal and gas-fired power plants would have an enormous impact on public health and carbon emissions in Wisconsin.
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Rendering of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center
Posted on April 20, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club call on PSC to Rescind Approval of $700 Million Gas Power Plant

A planned methane gas plant for Superior, Wis., is increasingly likely to become an expensive, outdated waste of ratepayer money. That’s according to...
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Posted on April 11, 2023 By Chelsea Chandler, Climate, Energy & Air Program Director
In As Seen in the Defender, Climate and Energy

Three Big Things

The goal is in sight. We know Wisconsin can reach a clean energy future within a generation, one where we breathe cleaner air, power our communities with homegrown, renewable energy, and use our resources wisely.
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Image of corn harvest and solar farm
Posted on January 24, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

Analysis reveals solar farms produce 100 times more energy per acre than corn ethanol

A quarter of the corn grown in Wisconsin—about a million acres—is used to produce ethanol. But a new analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals that when it comes to land use, the state could reap far more energy from solar.
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Posted on January 11, 2023 By Paul Mathewson
In Blog, As Seen in the Defender, Climate and Energy, Science: Under the Lens

Under the Lens: The Truth About Natural Gas

Methane—the primary component of natural gas—is itself a potent greenhouse gas. Although methane breaks down in the atmosphere faster than CO2, it has a stronger warming effect than CO2 while it is there.
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Farm with windmills
Posted on December 8, 2022 By Chelsea Chandler, Climate, Energy & Air Program Director
In As Seen in the Defender, Climate and Energy

A cleaner, healthier Wisconsin is within reach

  Wisconsin can slash carbon emissions and transform our economy within a generation.  Our recently published Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050 paints a beautiful picture of Wisconsin’s future.
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Solar panels with blue sky
Posted on October 25, 2022 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

New Energy Study Shows Net-Zero Emissions Possible for Wisconsin by 2050

Achieving Net Zero Would Expand Wisconsin’s Economy While Saving Billions in Healthcare Costs There is a pathway for Wisconsin to achieve a net-zero future within a generation.
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Corn on farm
Posted on October 7, 2022 By Kata Young, Natural Climate Solutions Manager
In Blog, As Seen in the Defender, Clean Water, Climate and Energy

The critical role of Wisconsin agriculture in addressing climate change

When you think of Wisconsin, you think of agriculture. Thirty percent of Wisconsin’s land is used for agriculture– that is 64,400 farms on 14.3 million acres. Wisconsin agriculture contributes 16.4% to our state’s economy, $104.8 billion annually. We also export $3.
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Rendering of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center
Posted on August 29, 2022 By Luke Voegeli, Membership and Outreach Manager
In Blog, As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Your voice made a difference!

EPA is challenging the environmental review of Nemadji Trail Energy Center. Last year, we asked you speak out to stop a federally subsidized loan sought by Dairyland Power Cooperative to help fund the Nemadji Trail Energy Center. And you responded.
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