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,...
by Jon Drewsen | Aug 10, 2020 | clean water, legal action, Water, Wetlands
Every American deserves access to clean drinking water—without it we cannot survive. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our obligation to protect clean water is clearer than ever. This truth is why in 1972, Congress enacted the bipartisan Clean Water Act to protect our...
by Peyton David | Aug 9, 2020 | clean water, Water, Wetlands
In February, the US Environmental Protection Agency released its replacement to the Obama-era Waters of the US Rule. What environmental groups are calling the “Dirty Water Rule” eliminates a number of federal protections for ephemeral waters, such as small streams, as...
