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Category: Press Releases

Solar panels over green grass on a large solar project in the midwest. Photo: Clean Wisconsin
Posted on December 13, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

PSC approves most powerful solar project in Wisconsin history

Vista Sands Solar will displace millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants over its lifespan.
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Posted on December 13, 2024 By Clean Wisconsin
In Press Releases

Clean Wisconsin among latest recipients of climate resilience funding via Daybreak Fund

The Daybreak Fund has announced its 2024 grants, providing nearly $1.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and community groups dedicated to addressing climate change, improving water quality, and promoting environmental justice along the western shores of Lake Michigan.
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Posted on December 13, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

Midwest grid operator approves plan that will support dramatic clean energy growth in Wisconsin

“Wisconsin is moving from relying on dangerous, expensive coal and gas power plants to clean solar, wind, and batteries. More transmission lines directly enable a clean electricity future that is reliable and affordable.
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The Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. Photo: Clean Wisconsin
Posted on December 12, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Legal News

Clean Wisconsin, partners move to block Line 5 permits

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued permits in November that would allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to clear trees, dig trenches and fill wetlands to make way for a new 41-mile segment of its Line 5 pipeline.
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Gas-fired power plant
Posted on December 6, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Legal News

Clean Wisconsin brings gas plant challenge to Supreme Court

The plant would release almost 3 million tons of greenhouse gases and 200 tons of other dangerous pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds every year in a neighborhood already burdened by industrial emissions
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Line 5 marker in field near Ashland, Wis.
Posted on November 14, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Climate and Energy

Clean Wisconsin considers legal challenge to Line 5 permits

The proposed pipeline route, which crosses 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and hundreds of acres of wetlands, is upstream of Copper Falls State Park and poses a huge risk to the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.
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Posted on November 7, 2024 By Clean Wisconsin
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate and Energy

Critical federal environmental protections, climate initiatives will be targeted in next administration

“Protecting the water we drink, the air we breathe, the places where we swim and fish, our climate—these should not be partisan issues. If these are things we all care about, we’re going to have to fight hard for them.
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Open Letter to Microsoft image
Posted on October 22, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

More Than 1,000 Wisconsinites Sign Open Letter to Microsoft

People from across Wisconsin are joining environmental and health advocates to call on Microsoft to power its new AI data center with local clean energy.
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Old lead water pipe
Posted on October 8, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Uncategorized, Clean Water

EPA requires removal of all lead pipes within a decade

In 10 years, Wisconsin families will no longer be drinking water contaminated with toxic lead from lead service lines.
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A photo of the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. Photo: Clean Wisconsin
Posted on September 12, 2024 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Climate and Energy, Legal News

DNR issues Environmental Impact Statement for Line 5 pipeline

Calgary-based Enbridge, Inc. is seeking permits from the DNR that would allow the company to reroute its pipeline across 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and 612 acres of wetlands.
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