by Chelsea Chandler | Oct 2, 2020 | climate change, Electric Vehicles, Energy & Climate
The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is a critical step in weaning our state off our unsustainable and unhealthy use of fossil fuels that drives local air pollution and global climate change. One of the main barriers to expanding EV use is access to...
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 Jon Drewsen | Aug 4, 2020 | clean air, Energy & Climate
Clean Wisconsin wins important lawsuit for clean air protections In a major victory for Wisconsin’s air quality, a federal appeals court judge ruled on July 10, 2020 that the US Environmental Protection Agency had failed to protect Wisconsin residents from ozone...
by Jon Drewsen | Apr 24, 2020 | climate change, Energy & Climate
As a start to Earth Week, Dane County leaders released their Climate Action Plan on Monday, April 20. The plan charts a way forward for the county to meet carbon reduction goals and prepares the county for the impacts of climate change in a way that creates economic...
by Paul Mathewson | Mar 10, 2020 | climate change, Energy & Climate, Under the Lens column
One of the anticipated impacts of climate change in Wisconsin is an increase in extreme storms and subsequent flood events. Those of us in southern Wisconsin got a taste of this from the storm in 2018 that dropped nearly of a foot rain in parts of Dane County, and...
by Mark Redsten | Feb 28, 2020 | climate change, Energy & Climate, legal action, Nemadji Trail Energy Center
The Nemadji Trail Energy Center is a bad deal for Wisconsin. Not only will the proposed gas plant add millions of tons of carbon emissions to our air, it will irreparably harm groundwater and destroy important wetlands. Despite these major environmental concerns, the...
