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Finishing what we started Turning a corner on the bill to ban toxic pavement sealant products statewide By: Ezra Meyer, Water Resources Specialist
Since 2016, Clean Wisconsin has been working on an issue that lies at the intersection of public health and water quality in our lakes and rivers across the state. It has been a long road, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. We just need to secure sufficient bipartisan legislative support for the bill to pass, the way it was poised to do last session, in early 2020, before the pandemic hit.
Background PAHs, a toxic group of chemicals officially known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are found in extremely high concentrations in certain pavement sealant products regularly used across Wisconsin to seal asphalt driveways and parking lots. Pavement sealants slowly but surely break down over time, and toxic particles are carried by wind and shoes into our buildings, yards, and playgrounds or they run off into our streams, rivers, and lakes. Children exposed to those particles face a fourteen-
times higher risk of cancer over their lifetime and are toxic to fish and aquatic life. The good news is that alternative products, which work just as well and cost about the same, are readily available to consumers and to the contractors who businesses and institutions hire to do larger sealing jobs. Over the course of 2017-2019, we worked with local communities along Wisconsin’s Great Lakes coasts to raise awareness about this issue and to encourage them to take action to protect their residents and their local continued on Page 5
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In Clean Wisconsin’s long-running case to protect pristine and rare wetlands in Monroe County, we are approaching another crucial moment: a ruling from the Court of Appeals. In 2017, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a wetland fill permit to Meteor Timber, an Atlanta-based company that wants to build a frac sand drying and transloading facility to ship sand to Texas for A ruling from the Court of Appeals is expected this year after a years-long case in which Clean Wisconsin is challenging a wetland fill permit issued from the DNR to Meteor Timber, an Atlanta-based company oil and gas extraction. that wants to build a frac sand drying and transloading facility to ship sand to Texas for oil and gas Their proposed project extraction. Clean Wisconsin challenged the permit in 2017, arguing that Meteor Timber’s mitigation would have permanently plan was scientifically unsound and would not compensate for the loss of such high-quality wetlands. destroyed over 16 acres of a rare and valuable provides habitat for rare species of plant wetland forest in Monroe County. Much and animal, absorbs water to reduce the of the 16.25-acre parcel consists of a incidence and severity of flooding, and unique White Pine-Red Maple wetland improves area water quality. considered imperiled by the State due In reviewing the permit application, to development pressures and because DNR’s wetland ecologist recommended there are so few wetlands like this left that the permit be denied, citing the in the world. This particular wetland continued on Page 5
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Clean Wisconsin says goodbye to two wonderful staff members, Amber Meyer Smith and Jon Drewsen By: Kaysee Beckstrom, Office Manager
After almost 13 years, Amber Meyer Smith, our Vice President of Programs and Government Relations, will be leaving Clean Wisconsin to join the world of environmental philanthropy. She has taken an exciting opportunity to help build a climate change impact fund for Wisconsin through a partnership between the Fund for Lake Michigan and Cool Choices. She will be able to use her knowledge about the systems changes needed to help Wisconsin enact smart solutions for this urgent problem. Amber has been an exceptional leader, mentor, and team member. As VP, she oversees our advocacy efforts, government relations, and local efforts to promote clean water, clean air, and clean energy. She has been a strong, steady voice that led our program work and advocated for meaningful policy change to help keep Wisconsin a beautiful place to live for everyone. We are so grateful to have had the pleasure to work with her and cannot thank her enough for all she has done for Clean Wisconsin. We wish her the best in her new endeavor! We are also saying goodbye to Jon Drewsen, our Communications Director, who has been with Clean Wisconsin for 6 years. Jon started his career with Clean Wisconsin as a Development Intern in 2015. As our Communications Director, Jon has led Clean Wisconsin’s communications efforts to educate and inspire our members and the public on issues impacting Wisconsin’s water, air, and energy. Jon has been an integral part of our team, supporting important policy and legal victories and propelling the organization’s fundraising and events initiatives. Jon was also the creative mind behind Clean Wisconsin’s podcast, The State of Change, and our video storytelling projects, helping us connect with the next generation of environmental advocates. We also send a huge thank you to Jon for all of his great work and wish him the best as he pursues his new career path as a mental health counselor!
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After almost 13 years, Amber Meyer Smith, our Vice President of Programs and Government Relations, will be leaving Clean Wisconsin to join the world of environmental philanthropy.
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Jon Drewsen, our Communications Director and employee of six years, will be leaving Clean Wisconsin to pursue a new career path as a mental health counselor.
Clean Wisconsin welcomes our new Vice President of Programs and Government Relations While we are sad to say “see you later” to Amber, we are very happy to welcome David Tipson as our new Vice President of Programs and Government Relations! Prior to joining Clean Wisconsin, David served as executive director of New York Appleseed, which advocates for racially and We are very happy to welcome David Tipson economically integrated schools and communities. our new Vice President of Programs and He has also served as a staff attorney at the Lawyers’ asGovernment Relations! Prior to joining Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where he Clean Wisconsin, David served as executive director of New York Appleseed, which represented community-based organizations on advocates for racially and economically the Gulf Coast in formerly de jure segregated integrated schools and communities. communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina and other effects of climate change, and as a land-use and environmental attorney at the law firm Robinson & Cole. David will be a great asset to our team and we are looking forward to working with him!
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from the President & CEO If I had to think about one word that defines our work and organization right now, it’s change. Embracing change has been a constant requirement since I started at Clean Wisconsin. During my tenure, our work has been transformed by developments in technology; the rise of social media and the decline of traditional news sources; swings in politics; and critical demands for environmental justice—to address pollution that is disproportionately impacting communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities. Clean Wisconsin is in the midst of other major changes, too, including staff leadership changes in our program and communications departments, and new staff who are expanding our organizing, communications and legal work on climate change. Change can be difficult and messy at times, but I’m excited about all the change underway at Clean Wisconsin. When we embrace change, we often see new creative solutions and more energy and excitement that will help us successfully accomplish our important mission. And it is more important than ever! Climate change is an existential threat. Clean, safe drinking water is not available to everyone in our state. Our state has health disparities and environmental injustices that must be addressed. As George Bernard Shaw said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Maybe that is what leaders in the legislature actually want: no change. Unfortunately, the Republican-majority Joint Finance Committee removed nearly 400 critical items that our Governor had proposed to address climate change, clean drinking water and environmental justice. The majority on this committee, and others like them in the State Legislature, hold outdated ideological notions that climate change is not real, and that environmental protections will kill jobs (never mind how water pollution, like PFAS and nitrates, will impact the health of Wisconsinites.)
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None of these old ideas are true, of course. Investments in our water and energy infrastructure and in energy conservation programs actually create jobs and save lives. They make our communities Mark Redsten across Wisconsin stronger. President & CEO They make our rural farm communities and our cities more resilient to large storm events and to other impacts from climate change. They prevent more contamination, and they avoid more expensive clean-up projects. Fortunately, in Wisconsin, we are already moving past obstacles in the state legislature thanks to technology changes and price reductions that are driving an exponential increase in new renewable energy generation; thanks to developments in science that are helping us see the scope and exact source of pollution and the direct health connections caused by pollution; and thanks to a dogged determination by the people of Wisconsin to demand better and ensure clean air and water is available for everyone. Wisconsin environmental advocates, businesses, health systems and professionals, farmers and many other key stakeholders are all working collaboratively to address climate change and drinking water. Our state leaders need to get on board. In this issue you’ll learn more about all the changes underway at Clean Wisconsin, and how we’re partnering with many others and pushing our state leaders to address climate change and clean drinking water. Thanks again for your great support of Clean Wisconsin, and for being strong voices in your community for the positive change we all want to see!
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Update: The Nemadji Trail Energy Center Approval for project challenged in court in Wisconsin By: Katie Nekola, General Counsel
It has been a while since we updated you on what is happening with this proposed large gas-fired power plant that would be located next to the Nemadji River in Superior, about a mile from Lake Superior. That is because approvals for the project have been challenged in court in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. This 525-megawatt fossil plant was proposed by South Shore Energy, a subsidiary of Minnesota Power Company, and Dairyland Power Cooperative. Clean Wisconsin filed a petition for review of the Public Service Commission’s approval of the project in Dane County Circuit Court, and that case is still pending. In Minnesota, advocacy groups challenged the need for the gas-fired plant, as well as Minnesota’s failure to conduct a thorough environmental review. Recently, the Minnesota Supreme Court sent the decision back to the state agency for reconsideration of whether the project is needed by Minnesota customers. However, it rejected the argument that Minnesota should prepare an environmental impact statement. Minnesota not considering the environmental impacts of this project means that Wisconsin’s consideration of those impacts, which are significant, is all the more important. Clean Wisconsin,
The Nemadji Trail Energy Center is a 525-megawatt fossil plant proposed by South Shore Energy, a subsidiary of Minnesota Power Company, and Dairyland Power Cooperative. Clean Wisconsin filed a petition for review of the Public Service Commission’s approval of the project in Dane County Circuit Court, and that case is still pending.
along with its partner Sierra Club, contend that the PSC did not have enough information to make a decision to approve the project, since at the time it was approved, DNR had not done its analysis of wetland or stormwater impacts, among other problems. In fact, one of the Commissioners noted that these were some of the worst environmental impacts he had ever seen yet voted to approve the power plant anyway. Subsequent to that decision, the Commissioner left his position at
the PSC one year before his term would expire and applied for a job at Dairyland Power, one of the sponsors of the project. The PSC’s vote to approve the plant was 2-1, with the chair voting against it. Clean Wisconsin continues to fight the construction of this fossil fueled plant, which would take the state in exactly the wrong direction at a time when carbon emissions must be eliminated, not locked in for another thirty-plus years.
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PAHs continued from cover waters from PAHs. Now, roughly 30% of Wisconsinites are protected from this threat through local bans of toxic pavement sealant products, but we are working to ensure the remainder of the population is protected, too.
Last session: almost, but not quite A bill to ban high-PAH pavement sealants statewide was first introduced last legislative session by State Representative Joel Kitchens and State Senator Rob Cowles, both Republicans from Northeastern Wisconsin. In January 2020, a bipartisan group of members of the Assembly Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force endorsed a package of bills to address a variety of clean water issues, which included this one. The bill received the same kind of supportive, bipartisan response we saw at the local level, sailing through committee approvals unanimously and the same on the floor of the State Assembly. Unfortunately, due to the Legislature’s sudden halt last spring at the start of the pandemic, which never resumed in time for any substantive bills to pass before the end of the session, this bill died in the State Senate.
A second chance this session, but with headwinds We are pleased to report that this bill has been introduced again this session by Representative Kitchens and
PAHs, a toxic group of chemicals officially known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are found in extremely high concentrations in certain pavement sealant products regularly used across Wisconsin to seal asphalt driveways and parking lots. Clean Wisconsin is encouraging the state legislature to pass a ban on these toxic pavement sealants to protect public health, our waterways, and natural habitats.
Senator Cowles. Though it still has some bipartisan support, it lacks the tailwinds that the Water Quality Task Force backing provided it last year. It is going to be an uphill battle. The opposition on this issue this year is still only a handful of voices: principally, the national coal tar lobby, the toxic chemical lobby, and a handful of local members of the pavement sealing industry. These groups’ concerns and claims run counter to the lived experiences in places that have banned high-PAH sealants in Wisconsin and elsewhere around the country. They stand to benefit financially by continuing to
use these harmful products, which helps explain their questioning of the robust, settled science on this issue. What remains absolutely clear is that passing a ban on high-PAH pavement sealants makes sense to protect public health, our waterways, and natural habitats, and it makes economic sense for local communities and taxpayers, who will otherwise foot the bill to clean up this pollution down the road. Clean Wisconsin will keep working hard on this issue until those protections are in place. Thank you for help and support!
Legal Updates continued from cover value of these wetlands, and the lacking plan to mitigation for the wetland’s destruction. Despite this, DNR granted the permit. Clean Wisconsin challenged the permit in 2017, arguing that Meteor Timber’s mitigation plan was scientifically unsound and would not compensate for the loss of such high-quality wetlands. Following a week-long hearing in February 2018, an Administrative Law Judge ruled for Clean Wisconsin and our allies in this case, the Ho-Chunk Nation, finding that DNR violated state wetlands law and invalidating the permit. Meteor Timber sought review in Monroe County Circuit Court later that year. Meteor Timber agued not only that the Administrative Law Judge was wrong on the permit, but that there was now “new evidence” that the Circuit Court must allow into the case. This “new evidence” related to an entirely unrelated wetland mitigation bank that is not www.cleanwisconsin.org
relevant to this case, and was merely a confused and desperate attempt to poke holes in the Administrative Law Judge’s reasoning. Further, this bank site existed for years in plain sight and thus it was not “new” evidence at all. On January 23, 2020, the Circuit Court ruled that Meteor Timber failed to show that their purportedly new evidence was either new or that it was in any way relevant to the case and denied their motion to add it.
appealed both the question of whether their “new evidence” should be admitted and whether the Administrative Law Judge’s decision invalidating the permit was erroneous. Briefing in this appeal finished on May 3, 2021. We trust that the Court of Appeals will agree with the Circuit Court that the Administrative Law Judge’s decision back in 2018 must be upheld. We expect a ruling later this year.
On September 21, 2020 a Monroe County Circuit Court Judge upheld the Administrative Law Judge’s 2018 ruling on the permit in full, finding it factually and legally sound. The Circuit Court further agreed with the Administrative Law Judge that the decision to issue the permit was inconsistent with the testimony provided by wetland scientists at the hearing.
It is possible that Meteor Timber will seek a third appeal in this case, this time to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Supreme Court review is not mandatory, however, meaning that the Court could decline to hear an appeal request, leaving a Court of Appeals ruling as the final word in the case. No matter how these continued appeals play out, we are prepared to continue defending these irreplaceable wetlands.
In November 2020, Meteor Timber appealed again, this time to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. They
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Environmental Justice:
What it is and why it matters By: Maithilee Kanthi Climate Justice Organizer
The environmental justice movement seeks to address the harms of environmental racism, which occurs when environmental hazards, whether intentional or unintentional, impact or disadvantage certain individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color. In Wisconsin, for example, the expansion of the I-94 highway in Milwaukee is not just a climate issue, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, but also one of public health and racial equity.
Over the last decade, the term “environmental justice” has gained traction as climate change has revealed how specific social groups are disproportionately affected by environmental hazards, such as air pollution and sea-level rise. Environmental justice is based on the principle that "all people and communities are entitled to equal protection under environmental and public health laws and regulations." In the same vein, the environmental justice movement seeks to address the harms of environmental racism, which occurs when environmental hazards, whether intentional or unintentional, impact or disadvantage certain individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color. The environmental justice movement was born from the efforts of activists opposing toxic waste facilities in communities of color in the 1980’s. It combines discourse on public health, civil and human rights, anti-racism, social justice, and ecological sustainability with tactics such as public protests, civil disobedience, and legal action. Building off this, the delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1992 drafted 17 guiding principles of Environmental Justice which have served as a guiding document for grassroots organizations in the movement. These principles demonstrated the delegates’ belief that the battle for global sustainability cannot be won without addressing the ecological violence imposed on vulnerable human populations; thus, social justice (that is, justice for humans) is inseparable from environmental protection. In Wisconsin, for example, the expansion of the I-94 highway in Milwaukee is not just a climate issue, in terms of 6
greenhouse gas emissions, but also one of public health and racial equity. Transportation-related emissions already account for 24% of Wisconsin's total annual carbon emissions, and studies show that adding more lanes encourages more people to drive, worsens congestion, and increases carbon emissions at a time when our governments have pledged to reduce our carbon footprint. Furthermore, the highway expansion project would worsen racial and economic segregation in Milwaukee and poses a public health risk to the surrounding minority communities, as a result of increased noise and air pollution, which is already a major factor in the disproportionate rates of asthma among Black people in the U.S.; an increase in polluted runoff, which threatens local water quality; and exacerbated flooding of local streams, which has already caused millions of dollars in property damage to low-income communities. Therefore, an environmental justice approach to addressing this issue would involve redirecting the over $1 million in funding for the highway expansion project towards improving public transportation infrastructure and increasing funding for the state's transportation alternative programs, both of which help reduce carbon emissions and better serve the needs of historically marginalized people. Environmental justice advocates ultimately seek not only to close polluting sites and facilities, but also to demand equitable access to parks and green space, affordable and healthy foods, safe neighborhoods, and climate-related policies and practices that are both socially just and ecologically sustainable. The environmental justice movement is grounded in solidarity across a broad coalition of social justice movements in order to build a more equitable and just society for all. 2021 Spring
New investments in renewables and the retirement of coal plants Retiring coal plants and investing in renewable energy are critical steps in our journey to a carbon free future By: Scott Blankman Director for Energy & Air Programs
On February 3, 2021, Alliant Energy, Wisconsin’s secondlargest utility, announced plans to close its last coal facility, Columbia, by the end of 2024. This closure of Alliant’s second largest coal facility names Alliant Energy as the second utility in Wisconsin to remove coal from its resource mix, along with Xcel Energy. The announcement comes soon after Alliant Energy and Wisconsin Energy Group (WEC) made plans to close the Edgewater (2022) and South Oak Creek coal facilities (2024) last year. We are seeing the demise of coal accelerate We are seeing the demise of coal accelerate in Wisconsin, driven by the more favorable economics of renewable energy versus coal generation. Of the 13 coal facilities operating at the beginning of 2020, eight will be closed by the end of 2024. Though, the in Wisconsin, driven by five remaining coal plants do not have retirement dates. the more favorable economics of renewable energy versus coal generation. Of the 13 coal of output than almost any other coalwhich is expected to be operational facilities operating at the beginning fired plant on the planet” and “would by 2024, pending approval by the of 2020, eight will be closed by be the last thing you would look at” PSC. When these investments are the end of 2024. This is a positive retiring. Unfortunately, that statement operational, nearly half of Alliant’s trend, particularly since the Public does not demonstrate the leadership resource mix will be comprised of Service Commission’s (PSC) Strategic and commitment we need to arrive at a renewables and carbon emissions Energy Assessment indicates coal was carbon free future. are expected to be reduced by approximately half of our energy supply nearly 50 percent by 2030. In the meantime, it is critical utilities in 2018. accelerate investments in renewable • W EC and Madison Gas & Electric Yet we are faced with the fact that the energy, such as solar, wind, energy recently announced two projects five remaining coal facilities do not have storage, as well as other solutions, totaling 635 MWs of solar and retirement dates. Three of the facilities such as energy management program energy storage as part of WEC’s were built as recently as 2004, 2010, offerings, which can save ratepayers plans to bring 800 MWs of solar, and 2011, and all five have investments money on their electric bills by 100 MWs of wind, and 600 MWs totaling $3.5 billion that remain to be providing them with more control over of storage into its fleet, which recovered from ratepayers. Despite the their energy use. is designed to reduce carbon previous announced closures of coal emissions by 70 percent by 2030. We are seeing positive signs in 2021, facilities, there are no commitments to close the remaining five. The state’s largest utility, WEC, which operates four out of the five remaining coal facilities without announced retirement dates, publicly stated in 2020 that the newest units it operates are “so efficient and emit less carbon per unit
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• A lliant Energy received approval from the PSC in April to purchase 675 megawatts (MWs) of solar which will be operational by 2023. Alliant also announced plans for an additional 414 MWs of solar
We see the planned closures and renewable investments as critical steps in our journey to a carbon free future, and we plan to be at the forefront of encouraging utilities to make the systemic changes we need in an expedited fashion.
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Under the Lens: Rethinking potential flood risks in Wisconsin New data provides a different perspective on flood risk in the state? By: Paul Mathewson, PhD Staff Scientist
One of the anticipated impacts of climate change in Wisconsin is the increased risk of flooding due to more frequent intense rain events. Federal flood risk maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have long been a primary source for identifying flood risk. However, these maps are thought to underestimate flood risk, particularly to the extent that climate change may increase flooding from intense rainfall.
Figure 1. The First Street Flood model predicts that western Wisconsin has the highest proportion of properties at risk from flooding, where numerous ZIP codes are estimated to have more than 15% of all properties at risk from a 100-year storm (i.e., storms with rainfall amounts that have a 1% chance of occurring within a given year).
Last summer, the First Street Foundation released a new model that predicts flooding risk both currently and into the future, taking into account predicted changes in precipitation patterns and sea levels due to climate change. This column takes a brief look at what the model shows for Wisconsin at the ZIP code level. The First Street Flood model predicts that western Wisconsin has the highest proportion of properties at risk from flooding, where numerous ZIP codes are estimated to have more than 15% of all properties at risk from a 100-year storm (i.e., storms with rainfall amounts that have a 1% chance of occurring within a given year) (Fig. 1). Across the state, the First Street Flood model estimates that 356,000 properties are at risk from flooding, more than twice as many as estimated by the FEMA flood maps (142,000 properties). Comparing across ZIP codes, the First Street Flood model estimates more properties at risk compared to FEMA maps in western and northern Wisconsin, while there are a few ZIP codes scattered around the state where FEMA’s maps predict more at-risk properties (Fig. 2). Accounting for precipitation changes, the First Street Flood model predicts that by 2050 an additional 8,700 properties around the state will be at flood risk from a 100-year storm. For most ZIP codes, this means an approximately 1-2% increase in at-risk properties, but some ZIP codes in central and eastern Wisconsin are predicted to see >5% increases in at-risk properties (Fig. 3).
Figure 2. Across the state, the First Street Flood model estimates that 356,000 properties are at risk from flooding, more than twice as many as estimated by the FEMA flood maps (142,000 properties). Comparing across ZIP codes, the First Street Flood model estimates more properties at risk compared to FEMA maps in western and northern Wisconsin, while there are a few ZIP codes scattered around the state where FEMA’s maps predict more at-risk properties.
In contrast to some analyses elsewhere, a preliminary analysis combining this flood risk information with demographic data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey does not indicate that ZIP codes in Wisconsin with higher percentages of non-white residents have higher proportions of properties at risk from flooding either currently or in the future. However, there is a trend for lower-income, rural ZIP codes having higher proportions of properties at risk than higher-income ZIP codes. For additional information, the First Street Foundation has developed a free online tool called Flood Factor where people can enter their location and explore the model’s detailed predictions for specific areas. Time will tell whether this new flood model is more accurate than FEMA’s flood maps, but it represents a useful, scientifically rigorous complement to the existing maps to help people better understand potential flood risks in their area. 8
Figure 3. Accounting for precipitation changes, the First Street Flood model predicts that by 2050 an additional 8,700 properties around the state will be at flood risk from a 100-year storm. For most ZIP codes, this means an approximately 1-2% increase in at-risk properties, but some ZIP codes in central and eastern Wisconsin are predicted to see >5% increases in at-risk properties.
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