by Jon Drewsen | Dec 18, 2020 | PFAS, Press Releases
Republican lawmakers do bidding of industry PFAS users, shut people with contaminated water out of hearing. MADISON, WI — Efforts by the legislative Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) to gut important emergency rules for PFAS contamination drew...
by Jon Drewsen | Dec 15, 2020 | clean water, groundwater, Press Releases
MADISON, Wis. — Four environmental and agricultural groups are coming together to advocate for meaningful state-level policy changes that support clean water and resilient farms. Clean Wisconsin, the Dairy Business Association, The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin, and...
by Jon Drewsen | Sep 21, 2020 | legal action, Press Releases, Wetlands
Ruling makes it clear: science needs to lead permitting process MADISON, WI — The Monroe County Circuit Court upheld an Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on Monday to deny a wetland fill permit to an out-of-state frac sand company. Their proposed project would have...
by Jon Drewsen | May 22, 2020 | climate change, dirty coal, Press Releases
MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin strongly supports Alliant Energy’s plan to retire the Edgewater Unit 5 coal plants in Sheboygan by the end of 2022, which the utility announced Friday morning.“We’re pleased to see Alliant Energy making future-focused decisions to their...
by Jon Drewsen | May 4, 2020 | high-capacity wells, Press Releases
Withdrawing flawed opinion on high-capacity wells allows DNR to ‘do its job again’ Clean Wisconsin applauds Attorney General Josh Kaul for his decision on Friday, May 1, to withdraw a flawed opinion issued by former Attorney General Brad Schimel stating the Department...
by Jon Drewsen | Apr 29, 2020 | legal action, Press Releases, Wetlands
WASHINGTON – A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the Trump administration’s unlawful move to gut protections for many of America’s streams and wetlands.The administration’s disingenuously named “Navigable Waters...
