by Jon Drewsen | Feb 2, 2021 | climate change, dirty coal, Press Releases
Another important step towards our clean energy future Clean Wisconsin applauds Alliant Energy, Wisconsin Public Service, a subsidiary of the WEC Energy Group, and Madison Gas and Electric, for the announcement Tuesday of the closing of the jointly owned Columbia coal...
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 | May 22, 2020 | climate change, dirty coal, Press Releases
MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin strongly supports Alliant Energy’s plan to retire the Edgewater Unit 5 coal plants in Sheboygan by the end of 2022, which the utility announced Friday morning.“We’re pleased to see Alliant Energy making future-focused decisions to their...
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 Katie Nekola | Oct 16, 2019 | clean energy, dirty coal, Energy & Climate, 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...
by Jon Drewsen | Aug 14, 2019 | clean air, Clean Power Plan, climate change, dirty coal, legal action, Press Releases
MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin and nine other environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday opposing the Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, arguing the rule unlawfully sidesteps the Clean Air Act by relaxing emission...
