Biden Administration fails to defend tribal sovereignty in amicus brief, puts Wisconsin's waters at risk
April 11, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed in for the first time on a legal challenge brought by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa against Enbridge, whose Line 5 pipeline has been trespassing on the Band’s reservation for more than a decade.
READConservation voters applaud Evers’ budget proposals
In his Tuesday night budget address, Gov. Evers outlined a bold budget that includes Wisconsin Conservation Voters’ priority issues: clean water, clean energy, and a healthy, equitable democracy that works for all of us.
READConservation Voters applaud Gov. Evers' investments in agriculture conservation efforts
Gov. Tony Evers announced today that his administration will invest more than $43 million in Wisconsin's agriculture economy and farm families in a wide-ranging budget proposal.
READWhite House orders are a giant leap in the right direction
Wisconsin Conservation Voters, released a statement in response to President Joe Biden’s executive orders today to “tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad,” including a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal public lands or offshore waters.
READRepublican legislators set to undo only clean water policy passed this year
MADISON – For months, despite inaction, Republican legislators have been making baseless claims of success and bipartisan progress on protecting our drinking water.
READGreen Bay clerk vacancy is an opportunity to expand voter access
GREEN BAY – Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges the City of Green Bay to use the recent vacancy of its municipal clerk position as an opportunity to nominate and confirm a clerk who can increase voter access by building on the successes of 2020.
READConservation voters applaud Climate Change Task Force recommendations
MADISON – Recognizing that climate change is the existential threat of this generation, Wisconsin Conservation Voters applauded Gov. Tony Evers and the Climate Change Task Force report released today and called for swift action on the recommendations.
READConservation voters crucial in preserving veto power
Wisconsin Conservation Voters and its 30,000-plus members and supporters have preserved Gov. Evers’ veto power, a crucial step in breaking the state’s extreme gerrymandering, and helped elect Joe Biden for president.
READWisconsin Conservation Voters celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
MADISON – Today we stand together with Wisconsin’s Native communities and celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.
READConservation voters call on legislative leaders to hold session on police violence and systemic racism
MADISON – Wisconsin Conservation Voters calls on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to convene the legislature to take up policies that begin to address the public health crisis of systemic racism and police brutality.
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