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Category: Press Releases

Wildfire smoke over Lake Monona
Posted on June 27, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy

Wisconsin’s Smoky Summer Should Be a Wakeup Call for Policymakers

“The public health threat that we’ve been enduring for weeks must be a wakeup call for policymakers. Fires in places like Canada and the western United States are both products and causes of climate change.
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Posted on June 15, 2023 By Jacob Ahrens-Balwit, Strategic Communications Manager
In Press Releases

Current Air Quality in Wisconsin Ranks Among Worst in Country

The air quality in Wisconsin has reached concerning levels, particularly in the southwest region.
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Sara Walling testifying. Image courtesy WisEye.org.
Posted on June 5, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water

Clean Wisconsin weighs-in on major PFAS bill, calls for changes to language that could weaken spills law

Bill provides funding to help Wisconsin communities address “forever chemicals” but could constrain state’s ability to hold polluters accountable.
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Wetland near Spider Lake in Wisconsin
Posted on May 26, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Legal News

Disastrous Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Importance of Wisconsin’s Wetland Protections

The U.S. Supreme Court has significantly weakened the Clean Water Act with Thursday’s Sackett vs. EPA ruling, and the implications for our nation’s waters are far-reaching.
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Monthly ammonia images May, June, July
Posted on May 18, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air

New analysis reveals ammonia pollution hotspots in Wisconsin

It’s May, and in Wisconsin, that means peak season for dangerous ammonia air pollution. A new analysis of satellite imagery by Clean Wisconsin shows monthly concentrations of ammonia air pollution in our state are worst in May but last all summer long.
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Power plant smoke stacks at sunset
Posted on May 11, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air, Climate and Energy, Government and Policy

EPA power plant rules would slash harmful air pollution and carbon emissions in Wisconsin

New pollution standards for coal and gas-fired power plants would have an enormous impact on public health and carbon emissions in Wisconsin.
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Rendering of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center
Posted on April 20, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Climate and Energy

Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club call on PSC to Rescind Approval of $700 Million Gas Power Plant

A planned methane gas plant for Superior, Wis., is increasingly likely to become an expensive, outdated waste of ratepayer money. That’s according to...
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Filling up a glass with drinking water from kitchen tap
Posted on April 12, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water, Government and Policy

Agricultural and environmental groups partner on clean water budget priorities

Four agricultural and environmental groups are calling for significant investments in the next state budget as part of a long-term effort to address Wisconsin’s water quality issues.
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Water running from faucet
Posted on March 14, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Water

Proposed federal PFAS limits signal growing concern over health risks of “forever chemicals”

The proposed federal PFAS limits are far lower and more expansive than current Wisconsin standards. Today the Environmental Protection Agency issued its first ever proposed limits for PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Smoke stacks at power plant
Posted on February 27, 2023 By Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director
In Press Releases, Clean Air

Clean Wisconsin calls for tougher limits on deadly soot pollution

Stronger limits could prevent nearly 150 premature deaths in Wisconsin every year. Clean Wisconsin is urging the EPA to adopt tougher standards for harmful air pollution through its so-called “soot pollution” rules.
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