Issues

The Wisconsin Chapter has six current conservation priorities that are divided into two main focus areas.  These include protecting Our Wild Wisconsin through Blocking Destructive Mining, Protecting Forests & Public Lands, Wildlife Protection, and Protecting Water Resources, and Reducing Climate Change Threats through Moving from Coal to Clean Energy, Clean Transportation, and stopping Tar Sands pipelines.  Group and chapter leaders also work on a broad range of other environmental issues throughout Wisconsin, including toxins, recycling and waste disposal, campaign finance reform and more.  We are also active in elections, since one of our best hopes for long term gains is building a strong legislative base to protect our environment.   

For details on our specific campaigns, click on a campaign below:

 

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Moving Beyond Coal to Clean Energy

We urgently need to shut down our state’s remaining coal-fired power plants that are polluting our air, poisoning our waters, sickening our bodies, emptying our pocketbooks, and degrading our environment. As part of the Sierra Club’s enormously...
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Moving Beyond Oil to Clean Transportation

Our dependence on oil has disastrous consequences: it contributes to climate change, harms the environment, hurts our health, leads to geopolitical conflicts, and is bad for our economy. Yet the United States continues to consume more oil than any...
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Protecting Water Resources

Water sustains life. Fortunately for us, Wisconsin has plenty of it, as the state is bound by Lake Michigan to the east, Lake Superior in the north, and the Mississippi River to the west. Wisconsin also has over 15,000 inland lakes, 12,600 rivers...
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Protecting Our Forests & Wildlife

Wisconsin offers a wondrous array of biodiversity that makes even a brief walk outdoors exciting and full of life. Forests cover nearly half of all land in Wisconsin and thus represent one of the most important elements of Wisconsin’s identity and a...
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Blocking Destructive Mining

Responsible mining requires extensive protections and sound planning to mitigate the economic, social, and environmental impacts of large-scale raw material extraction, and, without proper regulations in place, the state is at the mercy of mining...