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Global warming is one of the biggest problems we face. Here in Wisconsin, increased temperatures and extreme weather events like the flooding we experienced this last summer are already impacting our farms, forests, waterways and recreation.

Loss of habitat for migratory birds and cold-water fish … Increased drought in our farmlands … Damage to spruce, hemlock and fir tree groves in our northern forests … These are some of the effects scientists predict in the next 100 years—if we let global warming continue unchecked.

We can still protect Wisconsin’s rolling hills, majestic forests, and countless lakes and streams—but the time to act is now. By adopting a global warming solutions plan, Wisconsin will join a groundswell of other states that are tackling global warming pollution.

How You Can Help

Email your Legislators to ask them to support the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act.     

Brief Summary

Wisconsin is uniquely positioned to address global warming pollution and benefit by using homegrown, renewable energy technologies—such as agricultural biofuels, wind and solar power—as well as by using energy more efficiently.

In 2006, Wisconsin Environment staff helped Wisconsin take a big step toward cutting global warming pollution. Act 141 increases our use of renewable energy and protects funding for energy efficiency and conservation. This law is a great start, but to stop global warming, there is much more we must do.

Unfortunately, powerful utilities are attempting to take Wisconsin down the wrong path. Coal-fired power plants are the largest contributor of global warming pollution in Wisconsin, and the utilities are proposing to build four more.

Without federal action, a number of states have established global warming plans, including Minnesota. In November, Gov. Doyle hosted a historic Energy Security and Climate Change Summit, where ten mid-western states’ governors agreed to a regional strategy to reduce global warming emissions and promote clean, homegrown renewable energy. Now we need to establish legislation in Wisconsin to meet those goals.

Tell the Legislature:
Adopt the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act

Scientists tell us that to solve global warming, we must begin to act now, and reduce global warming pollution by 80 percent by 2050.

Wisconsin Environment is calling on the Legislature to adopt a science-based plan to address global warming. Specifically, we are asking them to adopt the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.