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Healthier Future for Wisconsin

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

December 13, 2024

“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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Clean Wisconsin, partners move to block Line 5 permits

December 12, 2024

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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Clean Wisconsin brings gas plant challenge to Supreme Court

December 6, 2024

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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Clean Wisconsin considers legal challenge to Line 5 permits

November 14, 2024

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

November 7, 2024

“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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More Than 1,000 Wisconsinites Sign Open Letter to Microsoft

October 22, 2024

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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EPA requires removal of all lead pipes within a decade

October 8, 2024

In 10 years, Wisconsin families will no longer be drinking water contaminated with toxic lead from lead service lines.…

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DNR issues Environmental Impact Statement for Line 5 pipeline

September 12, 2024

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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Park sign showing a sign that says "funded by Knowles-Nelson stewardship program"

Wisconsin Supreme Court Moves to Protect Critical Natural Areas

July 5, 2024

Today the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that a statute allowing the legislative Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) to block Knowles-Nelson Stewardship projects violates the Wisconsin constitution.…

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Rulings from U.S. Supreme Court a disaster for the environment

June 28, 2024

“Piece by piece, the U.S. Supreme Court is dismantling environmental regulation, taking apart the foundation of what has allowed us to clean up the air and water since the 1970s."…

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