Category: Climate and Energy

The proposed pipeline route, which crosses 186 northern Wisconsin waterways and hundreds of acres of wetlands, is upstream of Copper Falls State Park and poses a huge risk to the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.

There is no question a long list of important federal environmental protections and programs will be targeted during the next presidential administration.

“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.

People from across Wisconsin are joining environmental and health advocates to call on Microsoft to power its new AI data center with local clean energy.

When you hear the word ‘Wisconsinisms,’ you might think of local quirks like calling water fountains “bubblers,” eating cheese curds, or telling people to watch for deer.

Rural residents across Wisconsin and the greater United States are grappling with how to respond to solar projects that are increasingly being built around their communities. Some fear that solar projects will feel like an industrial wasteland that is incompatible with farmland and agrarian communities.

Close coal and start up solar and storage Wisconsin utilities We Energies and Alliant argue that retiring coal power plants must be replaced with methane gas generation, but a cleaner, more innovative path is possible.

In August, Clean Wisconsin hosted a celebration for the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at Madison’s new Black Business Hub. Since it was signed in August of 2022, the IRA has invested about one billion dollars into Wisconsin.

The program is available now and can help Wisconsinites save thousands on efficiency upgrades  In early August, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined Governor Tony Evers in Milwaukee to announce the rollout of the Home Efficiency Rebates (HOMES) program, which is now available and provides rebates of up to $10,000 to Wisconsinites for energy-saving, whole-home

Wisconsin is on the verge of an expensive gas construction boom if utilities like We Energies and Alliant Energy have their way.