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INSIDETaking Charge and Taking Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Enviro-SCRAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2From the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hello, Goodbye: Staff changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Phosphorus rules pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32011: A Clean Slate, continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Kick the coal ash habit! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Waukesha’s diversion application update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Profile of Legislative Leadership: Fred Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Thanks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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By amber Meyer Smith, Program Director

CLEAN WATER • CLEAN AIR • CLEAN ENERGY

The new legislative session will be here soon. The staff at Clean Wisconsin is already looking ahead to the work that must be done when the state Legislature resumes business in January.

As you know, the last legislative session ended in April with some victories, but also with some big disappointments. While we can’t predict who will be elected in November, we do know that at least 23 new legislators and a new governor will be taking office in January. We will have a lot of work to do to educate them about the issues that matter for our environment.

We’ll need to educate them on the importance of promoting clean energy to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and old, dirty coal. To move toward energy independence, we need to grow our renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, biomass and biogas and increase our energy efficiency.

We’ll need to educate them on the vital issue of water quality and healthy drinking water. Runoff from farms and urban areas continues to pollute Wisconsin’s lakes, rivers and streams. We need the next Legislature to focus on solutions to these threats to our health and safety and end the water pollution Wisconsin has tolerated for far too long.

We’ll need to educate them on our innovative ideas related to water conservation. It is unacceptable that rivers and lakes in Wisconsin continue to dry up due to the overpumping of large wells; that water rate structures favor high water use; and that the state allows leaky, aged infrastructure to go unaddressed. Clean Wisconsin is working to educate legislators and the public about the need conserve water — our most precious resource — through innovative yet commonsense approaches to smart water use.

As always, the cornerstone of any successful legislative effort is support of people like you, our members throughout the state, who care about leaving our children and grandchildren with clean air, clean water and a clean energy future. We will be relying on your active participation to get these policies signed into law and look forward to working with new legislators in 2011.

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at least 23 new legislators and a new governor will be taking office in January. We will be

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Issues that matter � Promoting clean energy to lessen our reliance on foreign oil and dirty coal

� Finding solut ions to the problems that threaten our water quality and the health of our drinking water

� Sharing innovative ideas for water conservation and groundwater protection to preserve this precious, vital resource.

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Clean Wisconsin is your environmental voice, but we need you to be involved! While we certainly need your financial support, we also need you to support our work with your actions! the quickest, most affordable way for us to contact you when we need your help is via e-mail. Please e-mail bbains@cleanwisconsin.org with your e-mail address and join our action network. Be part of our winning team!

When you receive mail from Clean Wisconsin, please read it carefully. Membership renewals come once a year and entitle you to benefits such as The Defender, special issue updates and invitations to events in your area. Special appeal notices contain a lot of key information about important issues we are working on. Special appeals also give you an opportunity to voice your opinion, contribute to a meaningful cause and show decision-makers that you care. thank you for your comments, your donations and your commitment to clean water, clean air and clean energy.

With a few simple clicks, you can help Clean Wisconsin by using GoodSearch. GoodSearch is a search engine that donates 50 percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users. You use GoodSearch exactly as you would any other search engine (like Google), and because it’s powered by Yahoo!, you get proven search results. the money GoodSearch donates comes from its advertisers; the users and the organizations do not spend a dime! this comes to about one cent for every search.Simply go to www.goodsearch.com, then set Clean Wisconsin as your selected organization by typing in our name under “Who Do you Search For?” and click “verify.” then set GoodSearch as your home page to help Clean Wisconsin any time you do an Internet search!Like to shop? now your purchases can help Clean Wisconsin, too. Download the GoodSearch toolbar at www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/clean-wisconsin. With this toolbar, GoodSearch will make a donation to Clean Wisconsin each time you shop online at prominent national retail sites, including amazon and eBay.

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Clean Wisconsin protects Wisconsin’s clean water and air and advocates for clean energy by being an effective voice in the state legislature and by holding elected of-ficals and polluters accountable.Founded in 1970 as Wisconsin’s environmental Decade, Clean Wisconsin exposes corporate polluters, makes sure existing environmental laws are enforced, and educates citizens and businesses.On behalf of its 10,000 members and its coalition part-ners, Clean Wisconsin protects the special places that make Wisconsin such a wonderful place to live, work and play.

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from the Executive DirectorHello, GoodbyeStaff changesClean Wisconsin’s staff is experiencing a

season of change. Brian Kelly has left his position as associate

Director for his wife to pursue an opportunity in Washington, D.C. With the organization since 2006, he was an integral member of the team, often staying late to finish grant reports, answer member questions and ensure financial stability. always a great storyteller, there is no doubt that he will remain a close friend of Clean Wisconsin.

With Brian’s departure, there is an exciting new shift in our Membership and Development department. Becky Bains has moved from Membership and Development Manager to Development Director. We are excited with the expansion of her role, particularly with the launch of Clean Wisconsin’s endowment, the environmental Legacy Fund, in april.

In addition, Jenny Lynes, a recent intern with our communications department, is the new Membership assistant. She has hit the ground running thanks to her knowledge and experience with the organization.

We welcome rosie Bell, the new Grants Manager to the Clean Wisconsin staff. Joining us from Chicago, she has significant knowledge writing and managing grants for nonprofits.

We have also recently hired Jin Park, who is a master’s student in urban and regional planning, as the part-time re-aMP Program assistant.

Every once in a while, we get to see the living meaning behind Margaret Mead’s famous words, “Never underestimate the power of a small group of people to change the world.” Twice in the past two years, September 8 has epitomized Mead’s idea of the force for change that comes from working together. Two years ago on this date, the Great Lakes Compact took a major step forward when the U.S. House of Representatives received the Senate-approved Great Lakes Compact. In a moment, the U.S. House fast-tracked approval of this landmark protection, which protects our Great Lakes into the future.

On September 8, 2010, Wisconsin took a major step forward in protecting clean water when Wisconsin’s phosphorus rules package was approved. These rules were made possible, in large part, thanks to the work of a small group, including Clean Wisconsin, and our work with our conservation partners, the DNR, and other stakeholders like the Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison metropolitan sewerage districts, and municipal representatives.

In the last few decades, phosphorus pollution has become one of the most significant water quality threats in Wisconsin and across the country. From stinking algae rotting on our Great Lakes beaches, to toxic blue-green algae stopping us from using our favorite inland lakes and streams, to a dead zone in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico, excessive amounts of phosphorus in our waters have affected us on many levels. Family days at the beach or lake, fishing and boating economies, and the tourism industry have all been impacted by serious phosphorus pollution.

The phosphorus rule package creates precedent-setting protections to clean up Wisconsin’s biggest water pollution problems. This set of three rules sets limits on how much phosphorus will be allowed in our waterways, provides a clean-up timeline and requirements for phosphorus polluters, and requires new practices for farmers to limit phosphorus pollution from their fields. These rules are the most innovative in the nation and set an example for other states on how to use all the flexibility of the Clean Water Act to achieve cost-effective solutions.

Just because these rules are in place doesn’t mean the battle against algae is won; it was a step forward. We need to ensure that the rules are followed. But, for a moment, we can look back on September 8, 2010 as a day that Wisconsin made an important change for our future and be reminded of what is possible when people work together.

thE PowEr oF PEoPlEPhosphorus rules enacted

John Plaza, president of the chetek lakes Protection association, cheteklakespa.org, takes a water sample to test algae in the chetek chain of lakes.

Another election season is upon us, and Clean Wisconsin is optimistic that we’ll have some new environmental leaders to join others in the state Capitol who strongly support clean air, clean water and clean energy policies. Regardless of the outcome of the elections, we will continue our work to educate and inform all our elected leaders about the environmental issues that are most important to you, our member, in 2011.

Who fills the seats in the Governor’s Office, State Senate or State Assembly will not make or break the work of our organization. The five professional lobbyists at Clean Wisconsin will meet regularly with the newly elected leaders and their staff to make sure your concern for a clean environment is heard in the Capitol. In addition, Clean Wisconsin program staff will continue to work hard in state agencies, where many important environmental efforts are already underway.

Wherever the important work is taking place — the Capitol, the state agencies or even the courts — Clean Wisconsin will continue to play a unique and important leadership role in a state blessed with many strong and successful environmental organizations. From our organization’s first big success in 1972 that required environmental impact statements for major actions that affect the quality of the environment, to the recent passage of Wisconsin’s new Phosphorus Rules, a collaborative victory that will significantly improve water quality in the state, Clean Wisconsin has become a well-respected and influential organization.

Our policy expertise, hard work, tenacity and history of working with leaders of all political parties, ensure your generous support is put to use efficiently and effectively. This is what we have done successfully for more than 40 years.

You have trusted us to be a strong, credible environmental voice, and we take that very seriously. Our staff knows that at every point along our 40-year history, our members have been critical to our success. From providing the financial support that helped launch the organization in 1970; to the show of force by thousands of members over four decades of public hearings and rallies; to recent major gifts that helped keep important legal challenges alive or funded our organization’s endowment campaign, members have always stepped up to the plate.

Regardless of what happens in this fall’s elections, rest assured that in 2011 we will have the staff, the tools, the dedication and the respect to continue to work for you and protect the special places that make Wisconsin a wonderful place to live, work and play.

rosie Bell

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Jin Park

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ISSuES that MattEr � Promoting clean energy to lessen our

reliance on foreign oil and dirty coal

� Finding solutions to the problems that threaten our water quality and the health of our drinking water

� Sharing innovative ideas for water conservation and groundwater protection to preserve this precious, vital resource.

what you caN Do �know where your local candidates stand on environmental issues and vote for candidates aligned with your values. Clean Wisconsin action Fund, the sister political arm of Clean Wisconsin, offers its picks for pro-environment candidates on page 5.

�contact your state representative and senator and urge them to take a lead on these environmental issues by contacting them. Find you legislator by visiting www.legis.wisconsin.gov and select “Who represents Me?”

�take action when it matters most. Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cleanwisconsin and join our action network at www.cleanwisconsin.org/action. We’ll let you know when your actions are critical to these issues.

�watch your mailbox. Mail from us will keep you informed on our work, including our latest legislative priorities.

Promoting clean energyThe end of the 2009-‘10 legislative session was bittersweet. Sweet in that it marked the end of a legislative

session that saw more environmental bills pass than the previous two or three legislative sessions combined, but bitter in that the most comprehensive clean energy legislation in the history of the state (maybe any state) died with the end of the session. Every day since then, we have been soliciting input, broadening our

clean energy coalitions, and working with and educating legislators on both sides of the aisle about the benefits of clean energy policies. We are 100-percent dedicated to ensuring that the next batch

of legislators do not repeat the mistakes of the last Legislature.Last session’s Clean Energy Jobs Act included 24 different policy recommendations that wouldhave lower energy bills, create clean energy jobs and reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions. While those policies failed to pass as a package for many reasons, we are already talking to legislators about reintroducing many policies, likely in the form of separate “bite-size” pieces of legislation; every one will create clean energy jobs and reduce our dependency on costly fossil fuel imports. Core policies include increasing our energy efficiency to reduce

our electrical energy use by 2% by 2015; increasing our renewable electricity standard from 10% to at least 25%; upgrading building codes and

appliance standards; reducing vehicle miles traveled and the carbon content of fuels; and setting greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets.

Clearly, the Legislature missed an important opportunity to move Wisconsin forward by transitioning toward a clean energy economy. Every election provides a new slate of policymakers and a new opportunity to shape leaders. We need leaders on clean energy policies in the upcoming legislative session. —Keith Reopelle

water quality & the health of our drinking waterThis year, Clean Wisconsin was pleased to see passage of a phosphorus rules package that will address

phosphorus pollution from many sources (see page 3). Passing a regulation, by itself, does not solve a problem; proper implementation requires our state follow the law and the regulated entities are held accountable.

In the next year, Clean Wisconsin will work to ensure that the state has the staff and resources to start implementing the phosphorus rules and that our biggest phosphorus polluters are held accountable for limiting their phosphorus discharges. One of the great things about the recently passed rules package is that it sets up a collaborative structure that encourages polluters to work together to achieve the most cost-effective limits on phosphorus in a waterway. For instance, if a wastewater treatment plant needs to cut back on phosphorus discharges and installing technology to address phosphorus discharges is very expensive, the plant can look to other sources of phosphorus, like farms in the watershed, and work with them to clean up the waterway. In this example, the plant would need to research from where the phosphorus originated and establish a plan to clean up the waterway by working with other polluters. The plan would need to meet the standards of the law and show that the waterway will be improved if the plan is followed.

Additionally, we will be working with Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District to help set an example of how this system can work around the state. We hope that by reviewing options under this rule, we will help set an example on how to use this rule flexibly and successfully. Stay tuned! —Melissa Malott

Sharing innovative ideas for water conservation & groundwater protection

Along with the Clean Energy Jobs Act, a significant groundwater protection and water conservation bill died at the end of the last legislative session. This bill contained protections for vulnerable groundwater and drinking water resources, and it would have required water conservation measures by large water users across the state. The bill was supported by a variety of citizens, conservation groups, farmers, and other water users. Despite the strong backing, it did not have enough legislative support to pass out of the Assembly Natural Resources or Senate Environment Committees. This bill’s death in the state Legislature is not the end of this story. Water bodies such as the Little Plover River and several lakes in the central region of the state that have a history of running dry; if we ignore our water resources, they will vanish.

Since the end of the legislative session, Clean Wisconsin has been working to ensure that statewide groundwater protection and water conservation measures will pass in the coming session, beginning in January 2010. We will work with allies in agriculture, conservation, tourism, and other sectors that see the benefits of sound management of our precious water resources. Working together, we will ensure that next session’s bill contains protections for surface waters across the state that are vulnerable to overpumping in nearby high-capacity wells. We will also require water conservation measures by all large water users across the state, just as the Great Lakes Compact requires in the roughly one-third of the state lying within the Great Lakes Basin.

Additionally, we are working to pass water conservation rules at the DNR and Public Service Commission to ensure that water conservation measures are coordinated and implemented by regulated industries and public water utilities across the state. —Melissa Malott

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In his first term in the state Legislature, Represent a t ive Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) has established himself as a leader on environmental and conservation issues in the Assembly. He has been a leading champion for key issues of interest to Clean Wisconsin and our members.

As the owner of Clark Forestry in the town of Greenfield, Clark has earned a reputation as a Wisconsin leader in sustainable forestry with a focus on restoring wildlife habitat and natural areas. He has worked tirelessly in

southcentral Wisconsin to forge partnerships with loggers, the forest industry, farmers, family forest owners, environmentalists and government agencies to ensure productive and healthy forests both now and in the future.

Clark was also a senior forester with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and an ecologist with The Nature Conservancy. He founded the Woodland School, a Baraboo-based educational program offering conservation training to private landowners, now in its tenth year. He was also a founding member of the Baraboo Range Preservation Association, a nonprofit land trust serving Sauk and Columbia counties.

In 2004, Clark was appointed by Governor Jim Doyle to the Wisconsin Council on Forestry, where he led the council’s invasive species committee. In the Assembly since 2008, he serves as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Forestry and is a member of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, which considered most of the legislation Clean Wisconsin advocated for in the 2009-‘10 legislative session.

In his first term, Clark proudly introduced legislation to reestablish the Wisconsin Conservation Corps, which would provide employment to the state’s young men and women ages 18-25 through work on conservation projects. The WCC ceased operations in 2003, but Clark sees the program as “an opportunity to bring back a popular program to develop young leaders and create the jobs our state so desperately needs.”

Clark also introduced a biomass bill to help promote the state’s use of renewable biomass resources for energy. His bill, which received bipartisan support and was signed into law by the governor in May, gives tax credits for businesses willing to invest in biomass harvesting equipment, helping stimulate the biomass industry. This law not only helps promote renewable energy but also helps businesses all over Wisconsin transition to the clean energy economy.

In addition to his natural interest in forestry issues, Clark became heavily engaged with Clean Wisconsin and other environmental groups to help forward the Groundwater Protection bill this past session. Clark led the bipartisan negotiation efforts to try and formulate a bill that could be supported across party lines. His skills as a facilitator were clear, and while ultimately bipartisan support could not be achieved, his efforts have paved the way for a revived Groundwater Protection bill when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

In his many leading roles on environmental issues in his first term, Clean Wisconsin has thoroughly enjoyed working with Representative Fred Clark and the commonsense approach he takes to protection of Wisconsin’s natural resources. We look forward to working with him on these and other clean air, clean water and clean energy issues in the future.

representativeFrED clarkBy amber Meyer Smith, Program Director

as if we didn’t have enough reasons to kick our dirty addiction to coal, now we can add another to the list — toxic coal ash. Coal ash, the nasty waste product of coal-fired power, contains concentrated amounts of heavy metals known to cause grave damage to the human body and the environment.

this toxic substance receives less oversight than regular household garbage. Most will remember the catastrophe in tennessee when a coal ash pond burst, forcing dozens from their homes and costing nearly $1 billion to clean up. More recently, news of chemicals from a coal ash dump seeping into drinking water in Caledonia has brought the problem close to home. For over a year, We energies has been supplying residents near the Oak Creek coal ash landfill with bottled water, yet the company claims they are not responsible for the contamination.

the ePa is currently considering two rules to regulate the disposal of coal ash, and they couldn’t come sooner. the stronger option would classify coal ash as “special waste,” with enforceable standards for the storage and cleanup of the substance. the second proposal, offered by the ePa after meeting with the coal industry, would classify toxic coal ash as a “non-hazardous waste” and only set suggested guidelines for states to follow.

It is a testament to the power of the coal industry that the ePa is even considering something as weak as suggested guidelines for a substance that threatens the health and wellbeing of our families. Luckily, the ePa is accepting public comment on the rules; as always, the only antidote to corporate dollars is citizen action.

Visit http://bit.ly/coalashaction to submit public comments and let the ePa know we need federally enforceable standards for coal ash. With your help, we can look forward to strong rules regulating coal ash and a cleaner, healthier future in Wisconsin.

Submit comments at bit.ly/coalashaction

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thE Saga coNtINuES:Waukesha’s Diversion applicationHard to believe, but it’s been two years since the Great Lakes Compact was approved.

Clean Wisconsin remains hard at work protecting the Great Lakes by working for the Compact’s strong implementation.

The Compact generally bans diversions of water outside of the Great Lakes Basin. However, communities that sit in a county partly in the basin, like the city of Waukesha, are eligible to apply for a diversion. To successfully apply for a diversion permit, communities must demonstrate that they have no reasonable alternative water supply; they will return the water to the Great Lakes; that they will work hard to conserve water; and that they will do all the above in a way that minimizes environmental harm.

Waukesha’s diversion application is the first in the eight-state region; it will set an important precedent that will determine the strength of the Great Lakes Compact. Clean Wisconsin is monitoring Waukesha’s application process and working to ensure the application sets a strong precedent to protect our beautiful Great Lakes.

current statusWaukesha submitted its application to the state DNR last spring. The initial application

failed to demonstrate the need for Great Lakes water and the ability to take, use, and return it without adverse environmental impacts. Clean Wisconsin and our coalition partners all agreed: the application was insufficient to meet the Compact’s requirements.

The DNR also agreed and put the application on hold in early June, citing deficiencies including the city’s failure to demonstrate that it has no reasonable water supply alternative other than Great Lakes water. The DNR also said the application lacked sufficient details on all the city’s water purchase and return-flow options and associated costs. These actions suggest they will hold Waukesha to the high bar set in the Compact.

In late July, defying the DNR’s directive to provide more details, Waukesha resubmitted a nearly identical application. Later, the city supplied some cost information on its water purchase options, but failed to include much of the DNR’s requested information.

The DNR recently said that it would begin an initial review of Waukesha’s application, but noted that more information is necessary before it can be deemed complete.

what’s next?The DNR has now started the preliminary phases of its months-long formal process

to determine whether to approve the application. If the application is approved by the DNR, Waukesha’s application will be submitted to a regional Compact Council, which must also approve the application.

Clean Wisconsin will continue to defend the strength of the Compact and ensure its proper administration. We will advise the DNR and advocate for strong protections as they write administrative rules that determine how Wisconsin implements the Compact. When opportunities arise for you to engage in the process, we will notify you.

Together, we can make sure that the implementation of the Compact upholds a sustainable vision for the future of our incredible, yet vulnerable, Great Lakes.

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Clean Wisconsin holds special events each year to connect likeminded supporters and community members. These events also help us raise money for our programs, work that will help keep Wisconsin clean and beautiful for generations to come.

From our 40th anniversary in April and our Fresh Faces events to our Milwaukee Yacht Club gathering and our inaugural speakers program event on September 30, your support is critical to our mission. Thank you for making our 2010 events a success.

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