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...
by Jon Drewsen | Mar 28, 2017 | Clean Power Plan, dirty coal
Madison, WI — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday undermining years of bipartisan progress aimed at protecting future generations from the most devastating impacts of climate change. Trump’s latest executive order marks the beginning of fossil...
