Category: Government and Policy

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.

You may have heard Willie Nelson reference the term "Farm Bill" at one of his many Farm Aid concerts, but what does it actually entail?

Wisconsinites want a healthy environment. They want a functioning state government where differences of opinion result in collaboration and compromise.

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

Today marks one year since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, and it’s already creating change in Wisconsin.