Environmental Wins

Action Alert: Stop Unchecked Data Center Development

Healthier Future for Wisconsin

Established New Standards for Industrial Air Pollutants

July 25, 2017

A legal case brought by Clean Wisconsin against the EPA in 2017 forced the agency to adopt new health standards for more than a dozen harmful industrial sources.…

Read More

Adoption of EPA Clean Power Plan

August 24, 2016

The Clean Power Plan set the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants in the United States.…

Read More

Passed Statewide Microbead Ban

July 1, 2016

Small plastic particles called microbeads used to flood Wisconsin's waterways until a statewide ban was signed into law with sweeping support.…

Read More

Protected Van Loon Bottoms State Natural Area

May 24, 2016

Clean Wisconsin helped protect this critical natural area from a transmission line project.…

Read More
wind turbine in a field on a sunny day

Established Wind Energy Siting Framework

April 24, 2016

Wisconsin Administrative Code PSC 128 provides a clear and consistent framework for clean wind projects…

Read More

Legal Win: Created the Fund for Lake Michigan

March 25, 2016

Clean Wisconsin's lawsuit against the Elm Road Coal plant led to the $100 million Fund for Lake Michigan.…

Read More

Passed Great Lakes Compact

February 1, 2016

Clean Wisconsin played a leading role in crafting the Great Lakes Compact, a historic agreement between eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces to protect our Great Lakes.…

Read More

Prevented Construction of Coal Plant Along Mississippi River

January 11, 2016

In 2008, and for the first time in state history, the PSC voted unanimously to reject a new coal plant proposal.…

Read More

Set Statewide Goals for Clean Energy Adoption

December 24, 2015

Passed in 2006, Wisconsin Act 141 is a collection of significant victories that promote the adoption of clean energy sources and energy efficiency.…

Read More
coal plant smoke stacks

Established Wisconsin Power Plant Mercury Rule

November 13, 2015

Clean Wisconsin catalyzed the effort to establish nation-leading emission standards for coal-fired power plants in 2004.…

Read More
Back Next