The Daybreak Fund has announced its 2024 grants, providing nearly $1.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and community groups dedicated to addressing climate change, improving water quality, and promoting environmental justice along the western shores of Lake Michigan. Now in its second year, the Daybreak Fund is a collaborative of eleven philanthropic partners working
By Hannah S. Richerson, Clean Water Program Manager, and Evan Feinauer, Staff Attorney December 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the initial enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—a pivotal federal law that protects vast amounts of the nation’s drinking water. Despite its current strength, it took an incredible amount of work to pass
It’s food season, also known as the holidays! And what you choose to put on your plate actually has an impact on the world around you. Agriculture is not only big business across the Midwest, it is also a major source of water pollution in Wisconsin and a major and growing source greenhouse gas emissions.
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?
“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.”
For the past 25 years, we’ve been putting neurotoxins on our food. Neonicotinoids are potent chemicals that attack the central nervous systems of insects.
By Kayla Rinderknecht, Population Health Service Fellow & Dr. Paul Mathewson, Science Program Director From the air we breathe to the water we drink, environmental factors directly influence our health. Yet, too often, the connection between a clean environment and public well-being is overlooked. Clean Wisconsin is working on developing an Environmental Health Initiative to
Twice a year, Clean Wisconsin proudly hosts the Doug La Follette Environmental Speaker Series for the purpose of bringing together experts, professionals, and advocates to discuss the most pressing environmental issues. Previous topics have been wide-ranging, encompassing everything from natural climate solutions to efforts to protect Wisconsin’s water resources. However, the most recent iteration of
Wisconsin is on the verge of an expensive gas construction boom if utilities like We Energies and Alliant Energy have their way. But what about wind and solar?
New research reveals how much it would cost to remove toxic PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals from the environment at the same rate we’re currently producing and using them.
