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Clean Wisconsin, Wisconsin Farmers Union move to intervene in dangerous lawsuit targeting water protections

September 8, 2023

This week, Clean Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Farmers Union filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that threatens a critical state water protection program. The lawsuit seeks to undermine Wisconsin’s water pollution permitting program, which allows the DNR to oversee the way CAFOs manage animal waste.…

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Tainted Water: Dairy lobby sues Wisconsin over water protections

August 24, 2023

Beach closures, fish kills, green lakes. They are unfortunate signs of summer in Wisconsin. A big reason: untreated animal waste. Large dairies can…

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Dangerous lawsuit puts water protections at risk

July 24, 2023

Lawsuit filed by state's largest dairies would dismantle Wisconsin program to keep untreated animal waste our of our water.…

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Disastrous Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Importance of Wisconsin’s Wetland Protections

May 26, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has significantly weakened the Clean Water Act with Thursday’s Sackett vs. EPA ruling, and the implications for our nation’s waters are far-reaching.…

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Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club call on PSC to Rescind Approval of $700 Million Gas Power Plant

April 20, 2023

A planned methane gas plant for Superior, Wis., is increasingly likely to become an expensive, outdated waste of ratepayer money. That’s according to...…

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All eyes on Wisconsin – Environmental protections at stake in state Supreme Court race

April 11, 2023

Local and national media outlets alike have called it the country’s most important political race of 2023. The outcome of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court…

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Clean Wisconsin intervenes in Kinnard Farms’ lawsuit against DNR

September 9, 2022

  Clean Wisconsin is working to ensure last year’s state Supreme Court victory results in real drinking water protections for people living near…

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U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA Ability to Fight Climate Crisis

June 30, 2022

Court decision restricts future EPA regulation of power plant carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. Today the U.S. Supreme Court restricted some…

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Denies Meteor Timber Appeal in Wetlands Case

April 14, 2022

A rare Wisconsin wetland will remain protected. Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a petition from Atlanta-based Meteor Timber, LLC., to re-hear its…

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