Clean Wisconsin sues EPA over Clean Power Plan replacement

by Jon Drewsen | Aug 14, 2019 | clean air, Clean Power Plan, climate change, dirty coal, legal action, Press Releases

MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin and nine other environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday opposing the Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, arguing the rule unlawfully sidesteps the Clean Air Act by relaxing emission...

Summer is coming

by Susan Hedman | May 22, 2019 | clean air, Energy & Climate

Here’s how to keep you and your family safe from ozone pollution Looking forward to spending time outside this summer? When you head out the door, you probably check the weather to see if you need a jacket or an umbrella—but on hot sunny days, you should also check to...

Fossil Fuels in the Northland

by Katie Nekola | May 22, 2019 | clean air, clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate

Why we don’t need the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center Last October, the global scientific authority on climate change issued a stark warning: we need “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” to avoid disastrous changes...

Clean Wisconsin tells EPA to reduce unhealthy smog

by Susan Hedman | Feb 20, 2019 | clean air, Energy & Climate

Clean Wisconsin is opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to grant a 1-year extension for Sheboygan County to comply with the 2008 ozone air quality standard. We are also challenging EPA’s implementation of the 2015 ozone standard in...

Clean Wisconsin files lawsuit challenging U.S. EPA’s failure to reduce unhealthy smog

by Jon Drewsen | Aug 1, 2018 | clean air, legal action, Press Releases

Today, Clean Wisconsin sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the federal Circuit Court in Washington, D.C. to challenge a Trump Administration decision that fails to reduce unhealthy ozone smog in Wisconsin and other parts of the country. “Ozone...

Clean Wisconsin applauds clean energy transition by WE Energies & WPS

by Jon Drewsen | Nov 28, 2017 | clean air, clean energy, solar

Clean Wisconsin issued the following statement on Tuesday after WEC Energy Group officially decided to shutter the Pleasant Prairie coal plant, following a recent presentation highlighting planned investment in 350- megawatts of solar power in Wisconsin by 2020: “This...