Category: Government and Policy

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

Wisconsin communities will retain the ability to adopt policies phasing out the use of dangerous fossil fuels, thanks to Gov. Evers’ veto of Senate Bill 49.

The Biden EPA recently rolled out its strongest-ever proposal to slash planet-warming emissions from power plants.

Unconventional partnership proves agriculture and environmental organizations can be allies for clean water  Clean Wisconsin, in collaboration with the Dairy Business Association, The Nature Conservancy, and Wisconsin Land and Water, has achieved significant progress towards improving rural water quality.

New pollution standards for coal and gas-fired power plants would have an enormous impact on public health and carbon emissions in Wisconsin.

Four agricultural and environmental groups are calling for significant investments in the next state budget as part of a long-term effort to address Wisconsin’s water quality issues.

How much will you get from the Inflation Reduction Act? Find with Rewiring America’s IRA Calculator Historic federal funding measures could make a major impact on top environmental concerns for Wisconsin.

Local and national media outlets alike have called it the country’s most important political race of 2023.

  The midterm elections have come and gone. While many political pundits predicted a “red wave” of enthusiasm among Republican voters, that prediction failed to come to fruition in many states, including Wisconsin.

In a controversial June decision, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court voted 4-3 to allow Scott Walker-appointee Fred Prehn to remain on the Natural Resources Board long after the end of his term, effectively cementing a Republican majority on the environmental policy-setting board.