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Supported Approval of Most Powerful Solar Project in State History

December 13, 2024

Vista Sands solar is among the most powerful solar farms in the country.…

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.…

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…

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.…

What Trump 2.0 means for our environment

November 11, 2024

What does a new, better-prepared Trump Administration mean for the water we drink, the air we breathe, the safety of our food, our climate?…

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.”…

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.…

Wisconsinisms: Good for Old Fashioneds, bad for your energy bills

September 27, 2024

When you hear the word ‘Wisconsinisms,’ you might think of local quirks like calling water fountains “bubblers,” eating cheese curds, or telling people…

Rural champions for solar

September 27, 2024

Rural residents across Wisconsin and the greater United States are grappling with how to respond to solar projects that are increasingly being built…

The Old & The New

September 27, 2024

Close coal and start up solar and storage Wisconsin utilities We Energies and Alliant argue that retiring coal power plants must be replaced…

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