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Legal Challenge to Line 5 Pipeline to Begin in Ashland

August 5, 2025

Judge to Hear Opening Statements and Public Testimony on August 12…

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WI Supreme Court delivers victory for science

July 28, 2025

Recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions are bringing much-needed good news in the fight to protect our environment.…

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Latest on Line 5: The crude oil project that threatens northern WI

July 21, 2025

Enbridge is pushing to blast and trench its way across northern Wisconsin to build a reroute of Line 5. The latest on legal action to stop it.…

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At the breaking point: The Line 5 contested case hearing

July 8, 2025

In northern Wisconsin, where the Bad River flows through the largest wild rice beds in the Great Lakes basin, a legal battle is looming. The outcome may decide the fate of a dangerous oil pipeline and the health of a fragile watershed.…

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Supreme Court decision a victory for Wisconsin’s environment

July 8, 2025

The Wisconsin State Supreme Court found it is unconstitutional for a legislative committee to block rules created by state agencies implementing the law. The ruling has a direct impact on environmental protections across Wisconsin.…

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The long list of Trump Administration attacks on our environment

April 21, 2025

Dozens of rules and regulations that protect our air, water, land, endangered species and more are being targeted.…

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Our legal team is making progress in two major cases

March 27, 2025

Clean Wisconsin's legal team is making progress on a pair of major cases: fighting the Line 5 oil pipeline and opposing new gas plants.…

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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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