Category: As Seen in the Defender

While the 2023 legislative session ended without passage of the Transition to Grass Pilot Program legislation, Clean Wisconsin’s advocacy for the “Grazing Bill” hasn’t stopped.

On April 11th, Clean Wisconsin celebrated our 10th annual Epicurean Evening gala, bringing together over 400 members, advocates, and supporters from all over the state.

There is no question that my favorite season is summer. All year, I look forward to long, warm runs outside, pontooning on Madison lakes, canoeing down the lower Wisconsin River, gardening, and raucous backyard gatherings with friends that stretch late into the evening.

The controversial proposal by Enbridge Energy to reroute a segment of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin has reached another critical inflection point. On May 20, the U.S.

Twenty-four years ago, Wisconsin Electric Power Company launched the largest power plant building spree our state had ever seen.

Located just 4 miles from downtown Middleton, Holy Wisdom Monastery sits on 130 acres of restored prairie surrounded by an oak forest with a small glacial lake.

In 2023, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved six new solar farms totaling 1.3 gigawatts. That’s about twice the amount approved the prior year. This puts our state on pace to achieve net-zero emissions across our economy by mid-century.

This was an unusual winter for Wisconsin with less snow and higher temps than average, but two weeks of brutal cold in January raised concerns about energy reliability. In the U.S.

The Mississippi River, often referred to as the lifeline of the United States, holds profound ecological, cultural, and economic significance.

Last fall, Clean Wisconsin and our partners at the Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin Land and Water and the Nature Conservancy worked with Republican and Democratic state lawmakers to introduce legislation that creates a program to help farmers establish managed grazing systems on their land.