Category: Milwaukee

Clean Wisconsin was proud to sponsor this year’s African American Environmental Pioneer Awards, hosted at the Ivy House in downtown Milwaukee on February 19. The fifth annual award AAEPA ceremony honored members of the Milwaukee African American community for their leadership in environmental work.

Clean Wisconsin Resilient Communities Director Nancy Retana will become chair of the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in January. Committee members unanimously chose Retana for the role at their meeting on Tuesday.

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

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

  Nancy Retana is Clean Wisconsin’s new Resilient Communities Program Director. As Clean Wisconsin builds on the success of the Resilient Communities work in Milwaukee and expands to other communities across Wisconsin, we talked with Nancy about her vision for the future of the program.

Green Infrastructure and Community Resiliency in Milwaukee and Beyond    Clean Wisconsin’s green infrastructure work continues to build community resiliency and provide needed protections for Milwaukee’s drinking water sources.

Green infrastructure practices like building bioswales around parking lots and streets to capture polluted storm runoff, using permeable pavers in parking areas, and installing rain gardens, cisterns, rain barrels and green roofs help reduce the risk of flooding and keep our waterways healthy.