Citizen Action Weekend Newsletter, Friday August 2nd
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PSC decision is a victory for Citizen Action and Milwaukee ratepayers!
Great news for Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin residents! The Public Service Commission (PSC) has unanimously denied We Energies/WEPCO’s request to charge ratepayers $25 million for storm recovery and forestry costs. This was thanks to the support from Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic’s Common Council Resolution No. 231926.
This victory highlights our collective power to keep utility rates affordable. If you want to get involved in Citizen Action’s work against rate hikes and gas plants, please email Kat Klawes at [email protected].
Together we can fight back against corporate owned utilities companies greed.
Read the press release here.
SIGN UP to Volunteer with Citizen Action’s Phone Bank for State Legislative Candidates next Tuesday and Thursday, 5pm.
Volunteer with Citizen Action to win critical state legislative elections!
See list of Citizen Action’s early endorsed candidates.
Join us! Reach out to one of our organizers.
- Help elect Ryan Spaude with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help elect Christian Phelps with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help elect Yee Leng Xiong with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help elect Amillia Heredia with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help elect Deisy España with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help re-elect Ryan Clancy with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
- Help elect Tara Johnson with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
Citizen Action North Central Climate Action Team
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n February 2021, the City of Wausau passed a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Resolution with a commitment to a Climate Action Plan. Since that time, Wausau has elected a different Mayor.
The Climate Action Team played an integral role in getting this passed, but now, they are working to make sure that the City stays good on their commitment.
If you are interested in getting Wausau to get to 100% renewable energy by the year 2050, contact Organizer Joel Lewis at [email protected]
Maximize Your Home’s Potential: Leveraging IRA Benefits for a Greener Wisconsin
Join the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County in partnership with Citizen Action of Wisconsin and Green Homeowners United for “Maximize Your Home’s Potential: Leveraging IRA Benefits for a Greener Wisconsin.” This event will help homeowners take full advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to save money and fight climate change. Learn how to access up to $10,000 in rebates for home upgrades, including insulation, efficient heating systems, electric appliances, solar panels, and more.
Date: Saturday, August 24th
Time: 10 AM-Noon
Location: League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County (6737 W Washington St, West Allis)
Please register by August 21st to secure your spot. Lunch will be provided!
Attend Southeast Wisconsin Climate Teach In, Thursday, August 22, 5:30pm
Join Wisconsin Climate Action Group for the “Teach-In for Power: Combat We Energies & Climate Change” on Thursday, August 22, from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at 2821 N Vel R. Phillips Ave #115.
This event, organized by the WI Climate Action Group, will address the urgent issue of We Energies’ planned new gas plant in Oak Creek. Learn about the significant environmental damage this project will cause and discover actionable steps we can take to prevent it.
Don’t miss this opportunity to stand up for clean energy and protect our environment.
Citizen Action in the News
Robert Kraig was on the Earl Ingram Show for the full hour, as he is every Wednesday, to discuss Kamala Harris’ early momentum and the impact of the Israeli assisination of the Hamas leader negotiating a ceasefire on peace and the election.
The Earl Ingram Show airs on the growing Civic Media radio network from 8 AM to 10 AM weekdays. Robert is the regular guest every Wednesday 9 AM to 10 AM. Civic Media now has radio stations in every media market where Citizen Action has an organizing co-op. You can also subscribe to the Earl Ingram show on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other podcast platforms, and listen on Alexa and on TuneIn. For video of the program you can watch on YouTube.
Listen to “Shifting Battleground?” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
We discuss Donald Trump’s racist and false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris only recently identified as Black. Will the ex-president’s race-politics backfire or play to his advantage with his angry MAGA base? Why would the Trump campaign put him in front of a conference of Black journalists, who were bound to ask him insightful and challenging questions? In more substantive developments, President Biden ratchets up his calls for Supreme Court reform, and Kamala Harris takes up the issue on the campaign trail. Is the Executive Branch finally ready to perform its Constitutional role of checking and balancing a runaway court? As Biden/Harris administration officials descend upon Battleground Wisconsin, Green Homeowners United’s Kevin Kane joins us to educate us on why Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting Milwaukee on Friday and how it relates to fighting climate change and creating good union jobs. We discuss why Kamala Harris will campaign with her new running mate in Eau Claire next week and how the Harris bump in Wisconsin provides greater optimism for Democrats in the state legislature this November. We shout out the great organizers at the Wisconsin Progressive Education Network (WPEN) conference this week highlighting the failed public school funding formula and the need to organize the power to win a much better state budget.
Listen to the show.
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