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 Katie Nekola | Jan 17, 2020 | climate change, Energy & Climate, Nemadji Trail Energy Center
On January 16, the Public Service Commission (PSC) approved, by a 2-1 vote, a construction permit for a new, 625 megawatt gas plant in Superior, called the Nemadji Trail Energy Center. Clean Wisconsin argued against construction of this project because the proposed...
by Amber Meyer Smith | Dec 18, 2019 | clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate
Climate Change Task Force looks to shape how we deal with looming threat The challenge of climate change is immense, and Wisconsin is seeing the impacts. It’s really important our state tackles this issue and helps local communities prepare for the effects we’re...
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 Oliver Redsten | Oct 29, 2019 | climate change, Energy & Climate
A global movement makes its way through Madison as thousands march for climate action On a warm Friday in September, the streets of downtown Madison became the backdrop for a generational movement. Madison police estimate a “few thousand” people marched to the state...
by Katie Nekola | Oct 16, 2019 | clean energy, dirty coal, Energy & Climate, groundwater, Nemadji Trail Energy Center, solar, wind
Dairyland Power Company and Minnesota Power have teamed up to propose a very large gas-fired power plant, to be located along the Nemadji River in Superior, Wisconsin. Their application is being considered by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission right now. The...
