Climate Change
Activities to evaluate, address, plan, and educate about climate change in Wisconsin and nationally. This work is developed by WGF’s Climate Change Work Group.
Fisheries Professionals Issue a Call for Action about the Climate Change Crisis
Walleye (Sander vitreus), photo by USFWS-Mountain Prairie via Flickr
Fisheries Professionals Issue a Call for Action about the Climate Change Crisis
Editor’s note: This article was prepared by Bill Fisher, Chair of WGF’s Fisheries Work Group, with input from Keith Reopelle and Nancy Turyk of WGF’s Climate & Clean Energy Work Group and WGF’s Executive …
Read More >WGF Opposes the EPA’s Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Opposes the EPA’s Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
WGF Comments on EPA’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingRE: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to keep the 2009 Endangerment Finding in place and to maintain …
Read More >Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Update – August 2025
Contested Case Hearings on DNR Water Permits Begins August 12
Prepared by Nancy Larson, WGF Water Resources Specialist
The contested case hearings on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) water permits for the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline reroute in Wisconsin begin August 12 in Ashland, WI. The hearings will be held in Ashland and Madison …
Read More >Is killing birds a necessary evil if it benefits a special interest? – Dr. Stan Temple
“Shooting wild pigeons in Iowa” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News, 1867, depicting hunters and dogs shooting at a flock of passenger pigeons. These once-common birds went extinct in 1914, largely due to overharvesting. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Is killing birds a necessary evil if it benefits a special interest?
By Dr. Stanley Temple, Wisconsin’s Green …
Read More >Updates on Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline – December 2024
Enbridge received permits from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for oil pipeline Line 5 Reroute to cross streams and wetlands in northern Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, crude oil spilled from Line 6 in southern Wisconsin.
Enbridge Line 5 Segment Relocation Map, 2020
Prepared by Nancy Larson, WGF Water Resources Specialist
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) has followed and commented …
Read More >Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Reroute: 2024 Updates
Drilling for Pipeline Construction Project in Northern Wisconsin. Photo: John Spangberg
Two regulatory milestones for Enbridge L5R
The regulatory process for the controversial Enbridge Line 5 petroleum pipeline re-route (L5R) crossed two major milestones in late summer 2024.
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Celebrating IRA Funding at Black Business Hub
Celebrating Climate Funding
On August 14, 2024, Paul Heinen, Policy Director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), joined 70 celebrants of the 2-year-old Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the new Black Business Hub in Madison. Through the IRA, over $920 Million has been invested in Wisconsin. To begin this needed work, in 2022, President Biden sent …
Read More >Opportunity for Action: Public Hearing on Vista Sands Solar Farm
Solar panels in Wisconsin. Credit: Mark Asplund
Your voice is needed to support renewable energy production and protect Wisconsin’s wildlife.
As you may know, Wisconsin’s Green Fire has been engaged with other conservation organizations reviewing the 6,700-acre Vista Sands Solar Farm application. The final approval of this project rests with the Public Service …
Read More >Guest blog: Wisconsin agriculture stressed by climate change
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Initiatives (WICCI) is a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help foster solutions to climate change in Wisconsin. WICCI formed as a partnership between UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in 2007. Wisconsin’s Green Fire …
Read More >Guest blog: Wisconsin wildlife stressed by climate change
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Initiatives (WICCI) is a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help foster solutions to climate change in Wisconsin. WICCI formed as a partnership between UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in 2007. Wisconsin’s Green Fire …
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