Action on Old Coal Power Plant Needed to Protect Public Health in Milwaukee!

WE Energies is asking to renew the air permit for its oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plant, the Menomonee Valley Power Plant.  The pollution from this plant directly affects Wisconsin's largest concentrations of African American, Hispanic and Asian American residents, yet the plant lacks modern air pollution controls.

Midwest Environmental Advocates and other activists have requested congressional assistance in arranging for US Environmental Protection Agency to hold a community meeting in Milwaukee to receive input regarding the air pollution permit for for this generating plant. 

Learn more and read the letters to Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Senator Herb Kohl.

Advocating for Clean Government: AB8 Threatens Pubic Participation

Midwest Environmental Advocates strongly opposes Assembly Bill 8 which undermines the rights of citizens to meaningfully participate in government by granting unilateral and unchecked power to a Governor while repealing well-defined, transparent and inclusive procedures in the existing law. 

Read comments from MEA and learn more online.

Protecting Groundwater Regulation

Midwest Environmental Advocates recently filed an  Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) brief in Lake Beulah Management District v. DNR, a Wisconsin Supreme Court case that seeks to determine if the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has the authority to regulate high capacity wells and establish duty of the DNR to consider the impact of such wells on surface waters.

Read the brief and learn more online.

MEA Joins Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee

Midwest Environmental Advocates is pleased to announce our membership in Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee, a membership organization committed to raising money for nonprofits focused on social justice, environmental awareness and animal welfare.  Support MEA through Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee and help us make Milwaukee a better place to live.

Legal Education at MEA

Midwest Environmental Advocates is pleased to welcome four new environmental law students to our offices: Jeremy Newman, Martin Schroeder and Rea Cisneros from the University of Wisconsin Law School who will be working in our Madison office and Michael Snider from Marquette University Law School who will be working in our Milwaukee office. 

Learn more about programs for law students at Midwest Environmental Advocates.