by Molly Dove | Oct 8, 2021 | clean water, groundwater, Podcast, Water, Wetlands
When you think about Wisconsin’s great outdoors, you might picture our lakes and rivers, our hiking trails that lead to breathtaking bluffs and waterfalls, but you might not think about our wetlands. Even though they cover more than five-million acres of our state,...
by Molly Dove | Aug 25, 2021 | Energy & Climate, groundwater, Podcast, Water
Climate change is making summers hotter, leaving people without air conditioning in Milwaukee and other cities vulnerable to its dangerous health impacts. Low-income communities and communities of color are often more likely to experience the harsh impacts of severe...
by Molly Dove | Jul 23, 2021 | clean water, groundwater, PFAS, Podcast, Water
La Crosse area residents fight for clean water amid recent discovery of PFAS contamination Joe and Kathy Weitekamp have lived in the same home for nearly 40 years in the Town of Campbell, but they are just now learning of PFAS contamination in their private well. And...
by Molly Dove | Jun 10, 2021 | clean water, Press Releases, Water, Wetlands
Clean Wisconsin among a coalition of environmental groups that sued to stop the rule MADISON, WI — Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced its intent to repeal a controversial Trump Administration rule that rolled back Clean Water Act protections, putting an...
by Scott Laeser | Mar 17, 2021 | As seen in Defender, clean water, great lakes, Water
Clean Wisconsin joins coalition to protect Mississippi River Many of our country’s most well-known waterways have their fair share of water quality challenges, and over the years, the federal government has created programs to provide financial and technical resources...
by Scott Laeser | Mar 12, 2021 | As seen in Defender, Water
While Wisconsin’s water quality challenges have received more attention from lawmakers the last couple of years, we haven’t seen the bold, transformative policies necessary to put Wisconsin on a firm path to cleaner water come to fruition. A host of complications,...
