Despite what many of us expected for 2017, we wound up having a really fantastic year!  Read on for some of the highlights.  

Some of our Brightest Moments!

1. I-94 Victory: we FINALLY stopped the highway expansion that would: prioritize highways over local road funding and transit that would have helped ensure access for everyone, not just those that can drive.  
   
   Photo from Press Conference about the I-94 Victory
   
2. The City of Madison commits to going 100% carbon-free!
   
   
   
3.  Conservation Congress attendees supported protecting our clean water!
   
   
   
4. Transportation Budget Campaign that we worked with a huge coalition and made a lot of progress. This campaign utilized a number of unique and creative ideas like the photo campaign pictured below.
   
   
   
5. We Energies announced it would close the Pleasant Prairie Coal Plant and build solar instead!
    
6. Wood County Passes resolution against eminent domain for private gain for oil pipelines  
   
   
   
7.  The Nebraska Public Utilities Commission stood up for Nebraskans over Big Oil!
   
   Wisconsinites traveled to Nebraska for the Give Keystone the Boot Rally
   
8.  Sierra Club launched a Nearby Nature Campaign in Milwaukee!
   
   
9. Sierra Club, local activists, and other groups created the Clean Power Coalition-Southeast Wisconsin to call on We Energies to address the series coal pollution in the Oak Creek area
   
   
   
10. Clean energy kept winning through 2017! Following the momentum, cities across Wisconsin committed to clean energy!

Some of our Best Times!

1. People Over Pipelines: Protecting Our Homes and Water: great summit with people fighting the Line 66 Pipeline and Line 3 across Wisconsin!
    
   
   
2. Thousands attend the Madison Climate March 
   
   Photo credit: Joe Brusky
   
3. Wisconsin Youth Network hosted a March Against the Pipeline Expansion 
   
   
   
4. 2017 Chapter Awards Ceremony
     
   
   
5. Water White Papers Release raising awareness about the concerns with our drinking water across Wisconsin
   
   Energy and Water Whitepaper release in Oak Creek
   
6. 5th Annual Love Water Not Oil Spiritual Horseback Ride
   
   
   
7. Waukesha County Transportation Coalition received a National Sierra Club award for all their great work!
   
   Coalition Member Barbara Pfarr with Executive Director Michael Brune and Chair Loren Blackford
   
   
8. Partnering with dozens of partners to raise awareness about the flawed mining bill and Back 40 Mine, including the Mining Tour and more!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Wisconsinites Traveled to Minnesota for the Line 3 Public Hearing!
    
   
   
10.  People on the Pipeline: events across Wisconsin to celebrate the places threatened by the pipeline
    
    

Thank you to everyone who made this year such a success!