MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 7 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: Clean Wisconsin has filed a petition for review with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a lawsuit challenging approval of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a large methane gas plant proposed in Superior. The PSC greenlit the project in 2020 without adequately considering whether it would meet state environmental standards. The plant would release almost 3 million tons of greenhouse gases and 200 tons of other dangerous  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 7 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi for his compelling segment on how far-right forces are trying to impose Christian nationalism on the country. In late November, Velshi reported on Oklahoma State Sup  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 6 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2024, by President Annie Laurie Gaylor: * * * "The FFRF Action Fund is delighted to see the growing leadership and influence of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Jared Huffman, who are the visionary co-founders of the Congressional F  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 7 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" is a Christian nationalist author who argued during a recent podcast appearance that atheists are as socially unacceptable as racists. In late November, Christian nationalist advocate Stephen Wol  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Madison, WISCONSIN Columbia Energy Center owners announced plans to push back the coal-fired power plant's retirement date to the end of 2029. This is the second time the coal-fired power plant has been delayed to close. Originally slated to retire in 2024, its owners Alliant Energy, Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E), and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) pushed back Columbia's retirement dat  more

WHITEWATER, Wisconsin, Dec. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Whitewater campus issued the following news release: At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Rock County campus, construction is complete on two state-of-the-art spaces where the next generation of students will earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Edgewood College, the result of a collaborative nursing degree program. These graduates will be primed for high-paying jobs -- and ready to fulfill a critical regional workforce n  more