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 Jon Drewsen | Mar 11, 2020 | clean energy, Press Releases
MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin commends Gov. Tony Evers for selecting Tyler Huebner on Wednesday to serve as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, filling the seat vacated by former Commissioner Mike Huebsch earlier this year. Clean Wisconsin President &...
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 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...
