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Legal Settlement Leads to Statewide Environmental Review of Data Center Development in Wisconsin

A legal settlement secured by MEA on behalf of Sierra Club requires the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to conduct a comprehensive statewide review of the environmental impacts of data center development. The settlement resolves a lawsuit challenging the DNR’s decision to issue permits for the Vantage data center campus in Port Washington without preparing a full Environmental Impact Statement.

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Wisconsin youth ask state supreme court to take up constitutional climate case

Fifteen youth plaintiffs represented by MEA and Our Children’s Trust filed a petition asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up Dunn v. Wisconsin Public Service Commission directly, bypassing the Court of Appeals. Their case raises urgent questions of state constitutional law that are too important to wait years for resolution in the lower courts, all while the state continues to approve new fossil fuel infrastructure that exacerbates climate change and harms their health.

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Legal settlement protects wild rice on the Menominee Reservation

With legal representation from MEA, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources over the use of an herbicide that threatened wild rice beds within the Menominee Reservation. The settlement provides new protections for wild rice while giving the Tribe a greater voice in decisions affecting a resource that is central to Menominee culture, history and self-determination.

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