Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Matt Frank
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced the agreement Thursday.
Michigan DNRE Director Rebecca Humphries in July asked [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Broderick, Bultman, Innovation Park, Milwaukee COunty Board, Milwaukee County Grounds, parks maintenance building, Sanfelippo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wauwatosa
By Joe Lanane
A Milwaukee County supervisor says the county needs a new parks maintenance building and should help pay for it by selling the existing facility and the land it’s on.
But others aren’t sold on the idea.
Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo said the county can build a more modern and spacious structure on the Milwaukee County Grounds [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Department of Energy, jobs, Recovery Act Weatherization Assistance Program, stimulus, weatherize
Comments: 1
Wisconsin’s progress in weatherizing homes under the federal government’s stimulus program has qualified the state for the remaining $70.8 million of the $141.6 million it was allocated for the work, according to a release Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Energy.
As of June 30, Wisconsin had weatherized more than 5,700 homes with stimulus money, according [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Areva, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Plant Vogtle, Southern Co., Three Mile Island, Westinghouse Electric
By Ray Henry
AP Writer
Atlanta — Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf.
Of the nation’s 104 commercial reactors, no two are exactly the same, a fact that experts blame for causing construction and regulatory delays and leading to bigger [...]
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Callisto, PSC, Public Service Commission, setbacks, shadow flicker, standards, turbines, Wiedermann-Smith, wind, wind farm
Comments: 2
Uniform standards for the placement and operation of wind turbines were sent on Monday by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to the Legislature for action.
The rule will govern how municipalities can establish setbacks for turbines, noise and shadow flicker standards and the involvement of neighboring property owners in the decision making process.
Teresa Wiedermann-Smith, a [...]
Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: high-speed rail, Rail, Recovery Act, renewable energy, stimulus
By
FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is “transforming the American economy” by putting the nation on track for technological breakthroughs in health care, energy and transportation.
But an examination of details in the 50-page report unveiled [...]
Published: August 25, 2010
Tags: AFL-CIO, bus, clean energy, Senate, Sierra Club
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A nationwide bus tour urging the U.S. Senate to take up on clean energy legislation is set to stop in Wisconsin.
The BlueGreen Alliance, a partnership involving labor unions and environmental organizations, began its 17-state tour on Aug. 16 in California. The tour is set to end in Richmond, Va., on [...]
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: Clipper Windpower, Department of Energy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Research and Education Park, St. Anthony Falls Research Laboratory, UMore, UMore Park, University of Maine, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Outreach
Comments: 1
By Bob Geiger
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The University of Minnesota plans to install a 2.5-megawatt Clipper wind turbine at its UMore Park property in Rosemount, helping the U.S. Department of Energy achieve its goal of boosting domestic wind power generation.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced last year that the university would receive as much as $8 [...]
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Effluent Limitation Guidelines, EPA, Justice Department, lawsuit, NAHB, National Association of Home Builders, Neenah, runoff, Sweetwood Builders, turbidity, WBA, Wisconsin Builders Association
By Marie Rohde
The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing from its storm water management rule a requirement builders say would have added $10 billion a year to construction costs in the U.S.
“This is a significant victory,” said Patrick Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “In essence, the EPA agreed that it did not do [...]
Published: August 17, 2010
Tags: Bloomington, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, farm, Joint Airport Zoning Board, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota River Valley, Supreme Court, United Properties
By Dan Emerson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The former James E. Kelley farm, a 60-acre site just southeast of the Mall of America, may be the most picturesque spot in Bloomington. Vintage rail-fencing surrounds pastures where sheep and llamas still graze, with a spectacular view of the Minnesota River Valley.
And as the largest parcel of undeveloped [...]
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