State of Change

The ongoing crisis of PFAS pollution in Wisconsin drinking water centers around one primary source: firefighting foams. While some are trying to take aim at tackling this growing crisis, others are standing in the way. We talk with our policy expert, Carly Michiels, about industry efforts to upend emergency rules for 'forever chemical' pollution, and what it could mean for drinking water in public health around the state.

Heavy rain events, which scientists attribute to climate change, can often lead to massive flooding, as they did in Dane County in 2018. We talk with a local official about the personal impacts of this storm that rocked his community, and how local and state government is working to address the climate crisis.

In this episode of the podcast, we head to nation’s capital to meet up with three of these advocates and learn that human connection may be our best hope of protecting our Great Lakes.

We head to Marinette to understand how people are dealing with the PFAS pollution crisis, and how lawmakers in the State Assembly failed to pass bold legislation to address this crisis before they adjourned for the year.

In this episode of the podcast, we go to the banks of the Nemadji River in Superior to talk with local residents and learn about what a proposed 625 megawatt gas plant could mean for the environment and the local community if it is built.

From Clean Wisconsin, this is State of Change, a podcast telling the stories of Wisconsin's rapidly changing environment and the people who are trying to do something about it.