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Doyle launches Clean Energy Jobs initiative
From a news release issued by Governor Jim Doyle: MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today was joined by business leaders, labor, legislators and environmental organizations as he launched the Clean Energy Jobs Act, a landmark legislative package to accelerate the state’s green economy and create jobs. New industry-recognized research shows the package will directly create [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CEO: Carbon capture technology a decade away
From a post by Tom Content on JS Online: Wisconsin Energy Corp. CEO Gale Klappa told CNBC’s Jim Cramer this afternoon that he believes it will be another 10 to 12 years before technology to capture carbon from old coal-fired power plants will be available on a widespread scale. Cramer invited Klappa on his “Mad [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pleasant Prairie experiment: Subtracting carbon from coal
From a post by Tom Content on JS Online: The carbon dioxide catch-and-release experiment in Pleasant Prairie, which started last year, is getting some more attention today. The We Energies power plant is the site of a project funded in part by the Electric Power Research Institute and the French company Alstom. Alstom has built [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Doyle expresses support for national cap-and-trade approach to carbon emissions
From a report by David M. Drucker on WisPolitics.com: Gov. Jim Doyle Tuesday morning voiced his support for a national cap-and-trade system to help offset carbon emissions and reduce their effects on climate change. Doyle, speaking during a news conference following a symposium on climate change held this morning on Capitol Hill, said he hopes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW, Farmers Union, and partners launch Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign
For immediate release: December 3, 2008 For More Information Contact: Adrienne Joseph or Sue Beitlich 715-723-5561/715-379-2712 or 608-769-7625 wfuadriennej@charterinternet.com or wfusueb@charter.net WFU and partners announce launch ofHomegrown Renewable Energy Campaign Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Farmers Union officials gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol today to announce the launch of the Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign. WFU [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Groups pan Alliant coal-plant plan
From a news release from the Sierra Club: Madison – When Alliant Energy announced plans to shut down a small coal plant in a vain attempt to deal with the huge amounts of pollution that may be spewed from its proposed new coal plant in Cassville, Mark Kresowik, the corporate accountability representative for the Sierra [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant to retire aging coal plant, build more wind, double biomass commitment, and increase energy efficiency, to reduce carbon ‘footprint’
From a media release issued by Wisconsin Power and Light, parent company of Alliant: MADISON, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT – News), proposed today to reduce its generation fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions by retiring a coal-fired generating unit, dramatically increasing its [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alliant eyes offset for emissions in Iowa
From an article by Jeff Richgels in The Capital Times: Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility unit has announced a plan it says would help offset the carbon emissions from a proposed new coal plant in Iowa.Interstate Power and Light said it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 800,000 tons a year by retiring two coal burning [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Suggested comments on Global Warming Task Force proposals
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