Increasing Renewable Energy In Wisconsin
In 2006, after years of research and advocacy by Wisconsin Environment staff, Gov. Doyle signed a law requiring 10 percent of Wisconsin’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2015, and ensured funding for energy efficiency and conservation.

Defending Our Waters
In 2002, thanks to the research and advocacy of Wisconsin Environment staff, the state passed the nation’s toughest runoff pollution law. Polluted runoff has contaminated over 40 percent of Wisconsin’s streams and 90 percent of the state’s lakes.

Preserving Our Parks And Forests
Wisconsin Environment staff’s organizing and advocacy helped to pass the original Roadless Area Conservation Rule, protecting 69,000 acres of roadless areas in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. In a 2006 case backed by our coalition, a federal circuit court judge threw out the repeal of the Roadless Rule.

Keeping Our Air Clean
In March, 2005, Wisconsin Environment staff and our allies stopped the Bush administration’s “Clear Skies” Initiative, a cleverly packaged attempt to weaken the Clean Air Act.

Conserving Our Wetlands
In 2001, Wisconsin Environment staff helped defeat legislation that would have allowed Ashley Furniture Company to fill in a 14-acre floodplain wetland along the Trempealeau River.

Stopping Global Warming
In the fall of 2006, Wisconsin Environment staff released “Rising to the Challenge,” a report that outlined how the United States could reduce global warming emissions 19 percent by 2020 by implementing currently available technologies.

Championing A New Energy Future
During the 2006 election, nine of 17 candidates for Congress endorsed our New Energy Future plan to reduce oil consumption, increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, and invest in new energy technology.

Preserving The Arctic Refuge
Despite the power and influence of the Bush administration and ExxonMobil, Wisconsin Environment’s bipartisan and broad-based coalition has stopped Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling every time it has been proposed.

Protecting The Great Lakes
In May, 2005 our coalition and allies stopped the Bush administration’s EPA from allowing partially treated sewage to flow into waterways across the country, including the Great Lakes.

Fighting Toxic Mercury Pollution
Wisconsin Environment staff and our coalition partners collected a record number of public comments (more than 650,000) to EPA, opposing the proposal to allow more mercury pollution from power plants for longer than the Clean Air Act allows.