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Letter from the President

August 17, 2019

Each year the need for protecting Wisconsin’s environment comes into sharp focus on trips to summer cabins, while boating on Lake Superior, fishing on a northern Wisconsin lake, or running through woods or past fields of coneflowers on Picnic Point in Madison.…

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A crisis of contamination

August 7, 2019

For Ruth and John Kowalski, their home in Peshtigo was the last place they expected to be at risk for PFAS contamination.…

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Letter from the President

May 22, 2019

Earth Day started because people like Gaylord Nelson knew we needed to fix the environmental crises we faced in the 1970s. In the years that followed, our federal leaders enacted historic legislation like the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.…

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Fossil Fuels in the Northland

May 22, 2019

Why we don’t need a new gas plant in Wisconsin.…

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Under the Lens: Unpacking PFAS pollution

May 22, 2019

What we know about this emerging threat to our water and health.…

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Alarming rates of well water contamination in SW WI

February 20, 2019

The results from the first round of sampling for the Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology (SWIGG) study released earlier this month indicate serious problems with well water contamination in the region. For years, Clean Wisconsin has worked hard to push for strong drinking water protections, and these results confirm that we need bold action from local and state leaders to ensure every Wisconsin resident has access to clean drinking water.…

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Managing water where it falls

November 15, 2018

Clean Wisconsin wraps up 5th year of green infrastructure work.…

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Clean Wisconsin finds state continues to permit high-capacity wells near sensitive waters

November 15, 2018

DNR records uncovered by Clean Wisconsin reveal a continued threat from high capacity wells to our precious groundwater resources.…

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Nighttime Light in the State of Wisconsin

August 11, 2016

Clean Wisconsin is working on a project to identify and map out pristine places throughout our beautiful state. One factor we’re looking into…

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Under the Lens: Sealing the Science on PAHs

February 8, 2016

Unfortunately, there has been a continued rise in environmental concentrations of PAHs over the past 40 years in the United States. This is partly because we have been operating under the assumption that since there is a wide range of potential sources, the PAH problem cannot be easily addressed with one or two targeted practices. However, there is new hope to reverse the trend as recent research and experimental evidence have begun to identify a single major and primary cause of PAH pollution in aquatic sediments: tar-based pavement sealants.…

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