Clean Wisconsin

Can small family farms save our ? Right now on The Defender podcast, hear from Chaz Self at Grassway Organics about what it takes for farmers to protect our health, water, and soil. 🌱💧
https://www.cleanwisconsin.org/can-small-farms-save-wisconsins-water/

Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis caused by widespread nitrate contamination in our drinking water. Both surface and groundwater sources around the state regularly exceed safe nitrate levels. And many private wells remain untested.

Take some time this Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week to learn more about one of Wisconsin's most common water contaminants at cleanwisconsin.org/nitrates.

About one-third of Wisconsin’s population drinks from private wells. If you are concerned that your well may be contaminated, here are some steps you should take to protect you and your family from the health risks associated with consumption of polluted drinking water.

6 steps for private well owners to keep their drinking water safe If you think your private well may be contaminated, here are some steps you should take to protect you and your family from the health risks associated with polluted drinking water.

Right now on The Defender podcast, find out the health and energy consequences of AI data centers. Listen at the links below or wherever you get your podcasts!

Clean Wisconsin is building an all-star team to engage with Wisconsinites about environmental issues that impact them most.

Learn more about how we're using community meetings as a forum to nurture new connections around the state in "Partnering for progress: Wisconsin’s environment needs a team" as featured in the latest issue of The Defender:

Partnering for progress: Wisconsin’s environment needs a team Clean Wisconsin is building an all-star team to engage with Wisconsinites about environmental issues that impact them most.

Nitrates are one of Wisconsin's most common water contaminants, affecting thousands of residents who rely on drinking water sources in the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes basins.

Join us THIS FRIDAY at 10 a.m. for a virtual discussion on the impact of high nitrate levels on human health and policy options to respond to and prevent further contamination. Featured speakers include experts from Clean Wisconsin and Iowa Environmental Council. Register here: https://csg-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LLkB61VdRwW4BXHNSzIsYA #/registration

Last week, Clean Wisconsin intervened in a lawsuit filed by Oracle against the Public Service Commission over the agency’s strict new credit and collateral requirements for data center owners and operators in We Energies territory. The tech giant is pushing to relax those new financial requirements as construction continues on its 672-acre data center in Port Washington. Read more: https://www.cleanwisconsin.org/clean-wisconsin-intervenes-in-oracle-lawsuit-against-state/

Wisconsin’s energy system is undergoing big changes. Skyrocketing energy demand, driven in large part by hyperscale data centers, is being met with fossil fuel power plant proposals at an alarming pace and cost.

As this plays out in Wisconsin, there are clear winners and losers. Learn who's who in "The winner and losers of Wisconsin's data center boom" as featured in the latest issue of The Defender:

The winners and losers of Wisconsin’s data center boom Skyrocketing energy demand, driven in large part by hyperscale data centers, is being met with fossil fuel power plant proposals at an alarming pace and cost.