Category: Government and Policy

As we mark national Groundwater Awareness Week, Clean Wisconsin and our partners are calling for $2.5 million in additional state budget funding for statewide drinking water well testing that prioritizes low-income households and high-risk areas.

How bedrock protections like the Clean Water Act are at risk as the new administration targets regulations, research, and expert staff at the EPA. Find out what’s at stake and how Wisconsin can fight back.

The Trump Administration has moved to freeze millions of dollars in funding headed for Wisconsin that support a wide range of environmental programs, including farmland conservation, toxic waste and heavy metal cleanup, Great Lakes restoration work, and energy-saving upgrades for homes and small businesses.

When the Wisconsin State Legislature returns to Madison in January for the new session, both the Senate and Assembly will look quite a bit different. The November election was the first to use the new district maps signed into law earlier this year.

After 42 years in the Wisconsin legislature, Senator Robert Cowles (R – Green Bay) has decided not to seek reelection, and we will miss him.  Senator Cowles has been a driving force behind consumer and environmental protection his entire career.

On August 13, Wisconsin voters like you went to the polls to defeat two referendum questions that sought to enshrine a legislative power grab in the state constitution.

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.

By Matt Ouren, Stakeholder Engagement Manager & Tom Agger, Clean Buildings Manager  2009 called… it wants its building codes back.

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.