Environmental groups across the state – including Clean Wisconsin—are calling for a pause in AI data center projects. The groups issued a joint statement calling on lawmakers to develop a strategic framework that will ensure Wisconsin communities are not harmed by the massive power-and-water-hungry facilities. That call includes: no burning of fossil fuels to power AI data centers, and no increases in energy bills to pay for all the infrastructure need to support them.

Wisconsin’s landfills are filling up with food. That’s according to a new study from the DNR. Wasted food and food scraps account for 20% of the trash sent to Wisconsin landfills — the largest single category. And most of that, coming from residents, not grocery stores and restaurants. The agency is working reduce per-capita food waste disposal in landfills by 50% in the next four years.

Right now on The Defender podcast, new hope that a bipartisan solution for state PFAS funding is at hand -- and the industry group that could kill it. Listen at cleanwisconsin.org or wherever you get your podcasts.