Category: Press Releases

Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats are coming together to help farmers put more livestock out on grazing pasture. The Senate and Assembly recently introduced legislation to create a “Transition to Grass” program...

The bill would result in PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ being treated differently than other hazardous substances under Wisconsin’s Spill’s Law. As written, the bill could limit the Department of Natural Resource’s ability to order remediation of PFAS on private property.

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 has filed a brief with the U.S.

The Daybreak Fund has announced its inaugural round of funding, awarding some $1.4 million in grants to local nonprofits and community groups to help fight climate change, improve water quality, and address social inequities.

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

However, we know there is broad bipartisan support for the Municipal Grant Program provision in the bill. We call on the legislature to introduce the Municipal Grant Program as a standalone piece of legislation...

“The legislature’s hardline insistence on an arbitrary number for the wolf population has resulted in the kind of petty politics Wisconsinites can’t stand. The committee’s vote is unfounded and unfair,” Kanter says.

Power plant rules recently proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have dramatic health impacts here in Wisconsin, according to a new analysis from Clean Wisconsin.

Alliant Energy could use available federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to finance closure of the Edgewater Unit 5 coal-fired power plant in Sheboygan, Wis., saving its ratepayers more than $168 million.