Category: Climate and Energy

Bruce Steinhagen, a resident of Algoma, Wisconsin, is proud of his new solar panels. The system can produce about as much energy as Bruce needs to power his entire home—a recent electric bill was only $2.

“Wisconsin is moving from relying on dangerous, expensive coal and gas power plants to clean solar, wind, and batteries. More transmission lines directly enable a clean electricity future that is reliable and affordable.

The plant would release almost 3 million tons of greenhouse gases and 200 tons of other dangerous pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds every year in a neighborhood already burdened by industrial emissions

The proposed pipeline route, which crosses 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and hundreds of acres of wetlands, is upstream of Copper Falls State Park and poses a huge risk to the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.

“Protecting the water we drink, the air we breathe, the places where we swim and fish, our climate—these should not be partisan issues. If these are things we all care about, we’re going to have to fight hard for them.

People from across Wisconsin are joining environmental and health advocates to call on Microsoft to power its new AI data center with local clean energy.

When you hear the word ‘Wisconsinisms,’ you might think of local quirks like calling water fountains “bubblers,” eating cheese curds, or telling people to watch for deer.

Rural residents across Wisconsin and the greater United States are grappling with how to respond to solar projects that are increasingly being built around their communities. Some fear that solar projects will feel like an industrial wasteland that is incompatible with farmland and agrarian communities.

Close coal and start up solar and storage Wisconsin utilities We Energies and Alliant argue that retiring coal power plants must be replaced with methane gas generation, but a cleaner, more innovative path is possible.

In August, Clean Wisconsin hosted a celebration for the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at Madison’s new Black Business Hub. Since it was signed in August of 2022, the IRA has invested about one billion dollars into Wisconsin.