Category: Press Releases

About 355,000 Wisconsinites are served by systems that do not meet the new EPA standards for PFAS.

“This bill puts the burden of PFAS cleanup on Wisconsin taxpayers instead of polluters. It isn’t fair, and it doesn’t reflect the values of our state,” says Clean Wisconsin Water and Agriculture Program Director Sara Walling.

New law will accelerate Wisconsin’s transition to clean transportation Today the Wisconsin legislature took the final step to approve changes to Wisconsin’s electric vehicle (EV) charging law, paving the way for the state to receive $78 million in funding from the Biden Administration to build a statewide charging network. The bills, which were supported by

"It’s important for people to understand these cases are not happening in a vacuum. They’re happening one after another on the Federal level and state level all across the country.

The legislature's PFAS bill would result in PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ being treated differently than other hazardous substances under Wisconsin’s Spill’s Law.

Stronger soot pollution limits are expected to prevent 40 premature deaths in Wisconsin every year.

Lawsuit threatened to undermine a critical state water protection program that helps keep untreated animal waste out of Wisconsin’s waterways and drinking water.

Today the Wisconsin Senate voted down Tyler Huebner’s appointment to the Public Service Commission, nearly four years after he began serving in the role.

Statement from Clean Wisconsin Water and Agriculture Program Director Sara Walling about the Governor’s actions on PFAS today: “Communities across Wisconsin are dealing with toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ contaminating their drinking water, groundwater, lakes and streams.

Four environmental and agricultural groups, working as partners to bring about long-term solutions to Wisconsin’s water quality issues, cheered the signing of legislation this week to update the state’s farmland preservation program. The bipartisan bill, signed by Gov.