Climate Change & Environment
Vote Blue to Protect Mother Earth
North Carolina picking up the pieces after disaster.
Downed trees, power lines across 4 states
680,000 without power in Georgia
Nearly 1 million South Carolina homes and businesses in the dark as of early Sunday
Headlines for many months/years to come?
What will it take?
In Washington, D.C., Republicans fight tooth and nail against anything that will ward off the impacts of climate change, including voting AGAINST the Inflation Reduction Act.
In Madison, Wisconsin they make sure it’s more difficult than ever to discuss the ...
New ERA Award for Dairyland Power Cooperative Will Bring Cheaper Bills, Better Health, and Renewable Energy to Rural Wisconsin
For Immediate Release
Sepember 5, 2024
Laurie Lane: 608.215.0112
laura@healthyclimatewi.org
New ERA Award for Dairyland Power Cooperative Will Bring Cheaper Bills, Better Health, and Renewable Energy to Rural Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin – President Biden announced today that Dairyland Power Cooperative will receive nearly $573 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. This funding will support Dairyland's procurement of 1,080 megawatts of clean energy through power purchase ...
ENVIRONMENT AND SPIRITUALITY SUMMIT
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https://aes-summit.org/
VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY, NOT DICTATORSHIP
Noticeably absent in the speeches at the RNC was any mention of Project 2025, obviously shielding us from the true horrors of this project until after the election in November when a second Trump administration could put it in place. Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, also called the unitary executive theory, is a 900-page guidebook created by an umbrella coalition of conservative think tanks including the Heritage Foundation. Although Donald Trump has claimed he doesn't know anything about Project 2025, many of the authors of this mandate were operatives in the Trump ...
Heart of the 7th CD Picnic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 3, 2024
Democratic Candidates From Across Wisconsin To Speak at the “Heart of the 7th C.D.”
Picnic in Ojibwa, WI beginning at 1pm on Saturday, August 3. Ojibwa, WI
On Saturday, August 3, Democratic Candidates for the 2024 Primary and General Election
will speak to voters at a free brat barbeque and potluck in Ojibwa Park, in Sawyer County,
Wisconsin, south east of Hayward (W7911 State Highway 70, Ojibwa, WI). Invited candidate
speakers include Tony Evers, Tammy Baldwin, Ben Wikler, Sarah Rodriguiz, US 7 th
Congressio...
Frog Song, Earth Song and the Rights of Nature
Late in the afternoon, about three months ago my wife and I were given the opportunity to time travel right here in Central Wisconsin, and we took it. Time machines are stashed here and there in these parts, though to most they would look like a pond, or a small wetland, or even the little pockets of water that dot the woods each spring. I had just put away my ax after splitting some of next winter's firewood when we set off down the road. We had barely gone a hundred yards when we unexpectedly stepped through a kind of science fiction portal into a soundscape around two ...
WARHEADS TO WINDMILLS
Tim Wallis, is traveling across the country this spring to educate more people through his newest book: Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War. As the book title says: our two biggest existential threats--climate breakdown and nuclear weapons--can and must be addressed, both urgently and simultaneously. Here is a link to more information on Tim and the new book: https://warheadstowindmills.org/book/. (you can paste that link in your browser).
Tim's presentation is of interest to several constituencies: Peace and Environmental groups ...
The Small City of Superior Stands Up to Utility Corporations and Says No to a Large Gas Plant Near the Nemadji River and Lake Superior
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 4, 2024
Contacts:
Laura Lane, laura@healthyclimatewi.org, (608) 215-0112
Megan Wittman, megan.wittman@sierraclub.org
The Small City of Superior Stands Up to Utility Corporations and Says No to a Large Gas Plant Near the Nemadji River and Lake Superior
The City Council's rejection of the proposed gas plant protects community health, Indigenous rights, and climate.
Superior, WI – After months of robust public input from city residents, Tribal leaders, health professionals, and utility representatives, the ...