Category: As Seen in the Defender

As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on our accomplishments in 2023.

New Plant Hardiness Zone Maps have caused a stir among Wisconsin farmers and gardeners. They confirm something many avid gardeners have already observed: our climate is changing.

Just one year after President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, it’s already creating positive change in Wisconsin.

By Jacob Ahrens-Balwit, Strategic Communications Manager, and Katherine (Kata) Young, Natural Climate Solutions Manager.    Before millions of acres of native oak trees, prairie grasses and wildflowers were replaced by annual rotations of row crops, the landscapes of Wisconsin were a self-sustaining tapestry of life.

  To achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Wisconsin must harness the power of clean energy. We need to build 31 gigawatts (GW) of solar and 21 GW of wind energy projects by the middle of the century to reach net-zero.

Over half of people of color in Wisconsin cities live within one mile of a facility that emits Hazardous Air Pollution.  By Paul Mathewson, Science Program Director, and Sausann Al Jawhar, Summer Science Research Intern.

What do broadband access, flood repairs and well water testing have in common? They have all been funded by the environmental impact fee from large transmission lines in rural Wisconsin communities.

Two Madison-area utilities, Wisconsin Power & Light (Alliant) and Madison Gas & Electric are currently asking for rate increases in cases before the Public Service Commission.

  Clean Wisconsin staff rolled up their sleeves for a green infrastructure workday at Pilgrim Rest Church in Milwaukee.

Managed grazing is a farming practice where livestock are systematically rotated through pastureland to optimize their nutrition and the land's health.