by Scott Blankman | Aug 13, 2020 | dirty coal, Energy & Climate
What Wisconsin’s latest coal plant closing tells us about the future of energy On May 22, 2020, Alliant Energy, Wisconsin’s second-largest utility, announced it was shuttering the last operating unit at its Edgewater coal plant in Sheboygan by the end of 2022....
by Scott Blankman | Feb 12, 2020 | clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate
When the clock struck midnight on January 1 of this year, another clock started counting down. By the end of the 2020s, says the International Panel on Climate Change, we will need to have made drastic changes to the ways we produce energy, how we use it, and how we...
by Scott Blankman | Nov 19, 2019 | clean energy, dirty coal, Energy & Climate, solar
How financial tools can help utilities move past coal The owners of coal-fired power plants—namely, the utilities that run them—are recognizing these plants are a bad investment. The economic reality is that energy produced from wind and solar is significantly cheaper...
by Scott Blankman | Sep 4, 2019 | clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate, solar, wind
In August, Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order to formally set a statewide goal of 100% clean energy by 2050, and to establish an Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy within the Department of Administration. Similar to the transition to clean energy...
by Scott Blankman | Aug 3, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Energy & Climate
Why the state needs to lead the way on EV adoption When most people think of major sources of carbon dioxide emissions, they think of coal and natural gas plants. For a long time, generating electricity from fossil fuels was the main culprit for carbon emissions, and...
