The Safe Drinking Water Act reaches its 50th anniversary

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

Under the Lens: Launching the Environmental Health Initiative

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

An evening for public health and the environment

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

How bad are the Supreme Court rulings?

“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.”