Clean Wisconsin has joined environmental and public health groups suing to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s repeal of critical standards for power plant carbon pollution. NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, Clean Air Council, and Clean Wisconsin (represented by Clean Air Task Force), and the Environmental Defense Fund filed the action at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today. “This unlawful rollback will have devastating consequences if allowed to stand,” said Brett Korte, Senior Staff Attorney at Clean Wisconsin. “Here in Wisconsin, we’re experiencing warmer winters with less snow and ice cover, more exceedingly hot days in summer, and more frequent extreme weather events, like flooding and tornadoes, due to climate change. On top of that, Wisconsin has the ninth-highest death rate from particulate matter pollution from fossil fuel combustion. EPA abandoning its responsibility to regulate carbon pollution would only make these problems worse.” The 2024 standards the EPA finalized its repeal of today were estimated to deliver a net $370 billion in climate and health benefits – with benefits a stunning 20 times that of the costs to industry. A recent NRDC analysis found that this administration’s policies will destroy...

A DCAM commissioner told attendees the Massasoit Health Sciences renovation minimizes "embodied carbon" by reusing building structure and highlighted design choices intended to reduce long-term emissions and operating costs.

The council approved Amendment 2 (Revision 4) to add updated embodied‑carbon baseline values into draft CR103, using data drawn from the 2025 Carbon Leadership Forum material baseline report; members discussed recent changes (notably declines in XPS and some spray-foam values) tied to EPA restrictions.

Englewood introduced Michael Port as its new building electrification specialist, who described options for a residential energy-transparency policy, incentives and outreach and noted regional DRCOG/EPA-backed funding and an Englewood-Sheridan grant application.

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Council approved amendment 2 (revision 4) to update embodied‑carbon table values — drawing on the Carbon Leadership Forum 2025 material baselines — and directed staff to include the revision in the draft CR‑103.

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Council authorized submission of a Capital Region Planning Commission carbon-reduction grant application to upgrade and time three traffic signals on Highway 44 (estimated project cost $1,350,000 with a 20% local match) and to add accessible pedestrian crossings if funded.

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Members warned that a 100% product‑compliance option could be gamed by using table baseline values when EPDs are absent; several members recommended limiting adoption options (70/80/90) and treating the 100% choice as a separate policy amendment.

Council approved a resolution supporting a Carbon Reduction Program application to build the Beaver Bayou Greenway corridor adjacent to Sutter High; presenters said the city already owns the right-of-way and identified environmental assessment as a preconstruction cost.

Members split on whether to keep 80, 90 and 100 percent options in the appendix table; some argued a 100% default plus table proxies would let jurisdictions meet the appendix without real reductions, while others favored 100% to ease initial adoption.

At a July 21, 2026 work session the Building Code Council reviewed three sponsored amendments to an embodied‑carbon appendix that would create product, whole‑building and reuse compliance pathways. Members flagged ambiguity in definitions, table scope, and numeric thresholds and agreed to refine the draft within two weeks.

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