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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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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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Proposed Line 5 reroute reaches critical juncture

June 20, 2024

The controversial proposal by Enbridge Energy to reroute a segment of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin has reached…

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Clean Wisconsin takes legal action to protect communities from toxic mercury pollution

June 12, 2024

“This standard limits the amount of mercury, heavy metals, hydrochloric acid and other toxic pollutants that power plants are allowed to release into our environment, and there is no question we need those limits to be as strong as possible.”…

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Environmental Groups Warn Against Fast-Tracking Federal Review of Line 5 Pipeline Project in Northern Wisconsin

May 16, 2024

“Holding the public hearing now, before the Army Corps has all the information it needs to fully assess the risks to our wetlands and waterways, is premature and unfairly deprives the public of a meaningful opportunity to participate in the process,” said Brett Korte, staff attorney with Clean Wisconsin.…

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Clean Wisconsin Intervenes in Pair of Federal Lawsuits Aimed at Dismantling EPA Authority

February 28, 2024

"It’s important for people to understand these cases are not happening in a vacuum. They’re happening one after another on the Federal level and state level all across the country.”…

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Victory for Clean Water Protections in Wisconsin!

January 30, 2024

Lawsuit threatened to undermine a critical state water protection program that helps keep untreated animal waste out of Wisconsin’s waterways and drinking water.…

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