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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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Saluting Senator Rob Cowles, Environmental Champion

September 27, 2024

After 42 years in the Wisconsin legislature, Senator Robert Cowles (R – Green Bay) has decided not to seek reelection, and we will…

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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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How bad are the Supreme Court rulings?

July 8, 2024

"This Court is setting out at the beginning, not the end, of a project to dismantle federal administrative law. And federal administrative law is something that even law students think of it as a boring area of law, but it's in its boringness that its power actually lies, because it sounds so benign and boring to talk about, but it touches every aspect of American life."…

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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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