by Chelsea Chandler | Mar 18, 2021 | As seen in Defender, clean air, clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate, Focus of Energy
How boosting funding for Focus on Energy can help us meet our economic and environmental challenges While energy efficiency might not seem as flashy as solar panels or electric vehicles, it is the foundation of an effective strategy for ushering in a sustainable...
by Paul Mathewson | Mar 15, 2021 | clean energy, climate change, Energy & Climate
With the proposed rerouting of the Line 5 Pipeline in northern Wisconsin making headlines last year and currently going through the environmental impact analysis process with the Department of Natural Resources, this column takes a look at tar sands oil and its effect...
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...
