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Category: Climate and Energy

Defender: Wisconsin's Environmental Podcast: with Amy Barrilleaux
Posted on July 30, 2023 By Clean Wisconsin
In Podcast, Climate and Energy

Farming the Sun: WI Farmers Find a Lifeline in Solar

It’s no secret, Wisconsin has been rapidly losing its small family farms, and with them, a way of life that’s defined much of our state for more than a century. But there is a lifeline coming.
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Posted on June 27, 2023 By Katie Nekola, General Counsel
In As Seen in the Defender, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Government and Policy, Legal News

The Future of Fossil Fuels in Wisconsin

The Biden EPA recently rolled out its strongest-ever proposal to slash planet-warming emissions from power plants.
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Wildfire smoke over Lake Monona
Posted on June 27, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Wisconsin’s Smoky Summer Should Be a Wakeup Call for Policymakers

“The public health threat that we’ve been enduring for weeks must be a wakeup call for policymakers. Fires in places like Canada and the western United States are both products and causes of climate change.
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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A planned methane gas plant for Superior, Wis., is increasingly likely to become an expensive, outdated waste of ratepayer money.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: Solar farms produce 100 times more energy per acre than corn ethanol

Wisconsin currently uses about a million acres of land to grow corn for ethanol, but the state could reap far more energy on less land with solar.
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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

Wisconsin agriculture’s critical role in addressing climate change

When you think of Wisconsin, you think of agriculture, which means farmers (and we, as consumers) are key to address climate change.
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