PFAS Bill Puts Burden of Cleanup on Wisconsin Taxpayers
February 26, 2024
The legislature's PFAS bill would result in PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ being treated differently than other hazardous substances under Wisconsin’s Spill’s Law.…
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Gov. Evers Pushes Legislature for Action on Toxic PFAS Chemicals
December 19, 2023
Statement from Clean Wisconsin Water and Agriculture Program Director Sara Walling about the Governor’s actions on PFAS today: “Communities across Wisconsin are dealing…
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Wisconsin Senate PFAS bill “too focused on protecting polluters”
November 14, 2023
The bill would result in PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ being treated differently than other hazardous substances under Wisconsin’s Spill’s Law. As written, the bill could limit the Department of Natural Resource’s ability to order remediation of PFAS on private property.…
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Fallout of ‘Forever Chemicals’
November 14, 2023
Some states have found PFAS tainting their milk and meat and contaminating crops. What are the health consequences of population-wide exposure to these toxic chemicals?…
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Clean Wisconsin intervenes in lawsuit targeting water protections
October 2, 2023
Clean Wisconsin is intervening in a dangerous lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) that seeks to undermine critical water protections.…
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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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Evers’ Veto Supports Cleaner, Healthier Wisconsin Communities
August 4, 2023
Wisconsin communities will retain the ability to adopt policies phasing out the use of dangerous fossil fuels, thanks to Gov. Evers’ veto of Senate Bill 49.…
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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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Proposed federal PFAS limits signal growing concern over health risks of “forever chemicals”
March 14, 2023
The proposed federal PFAS limits are far lower and more expansive than current Wisconsin standards. Today the Environmental Protection Agency issued its first ever proposed limits for PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.…
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