climate change

The SOS Save Our Songbirds campaign puts the spotlight on the plight of songbirds and how people can help reverse their decline from their own homes.

The Power to the People campaign says a municipal utility would lower costs, hasten the transition to clean energy, and tackle the energy burden that disproportionately affects Black and Latinx residents.

As Milwaukee winters warm, the owner of YardBarberz struggles to maintain staff and clients.

Studies and computer models look at the state's roadmap to net zero for the electric sector.

A task force including a smattering of public officials has been working the past few years on a plan to address climate change and racial justice in Milwaukee. Members will ask the Common Council to approve the framework in the coming months. A recent public forum set the task force's outreach in motion.

Next Monday, hundreds of people from around the state are expected to converge in Madison. Their focus is to come up with solutions to climate change. The Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts & Letters hopes to help accelerate action.

Over the next decade, a program led by Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Ducks Unlimited will plant six million trees and restore 4,000 acres of wetlands within Milwaukee’s watersheds that encompass 1,100 square miles.

Climate change is affecting every part of the globe, but the impact isn’t evenly divided. In the Midwest, a new forecast of weather trends shows Milwaukee at the tip of a major heat belt, where heatwaves are projected to intensify at a greater rate than other parts of the nation.

Last month, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. Within its sweeping scope, the law allocates nearly $400 billion to incentivize clean energy and climate action. So what does this mean for Wisconsinites?

For the last three years, a Milwaukee task force has been creating a climate and equity plan to address challenges related to climate change and racial disparities. Now advocates are hoping organizations and individuals will join a coalition to push the plan forward.