Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: clean energy bill, Doyle, energy, jobs, nuclear, renewable energy, renewable sources, solar
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he’s open to approving a scaled-back clean energy bill as long as a key provision setting new renewable energy standards remains in tact.
Doyle said the crux of the sweeping measure being debated in the Legislature would require 25 percent of Wisconsin’s energy to come from renewable sources [...]
Published: February 13, 2010
Tags: alternative energy, energy, global warming, NRC, nuclear, nuclear plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Obama, power, power plant, The Southern Co.
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s planned loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades is part of a broad shift in energy strategy to lessen dependence on foreign oil and reduce the use of other fossil fuels blamed for global warming.
President [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: blog, Chernobyl, energy, Fetters, Hot Topics, nuclear, reactor, Three Mile Island
Comments: 1
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
Whenever I learn about safety problems – or potential safety problems – at nuclear power plants, I wonder again whether nuclear energy is the right choice.
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: Beyond Nuclear, Entergy Corp., National Academy of Sciences, NRC, nuclear, Nuclear Energy Institute, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Obama, radiation, radioactive, reactors, Vermont Yankee
Comments: 2
By DAVE GRAM
Associated Press Writer
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, has now tainted at least 27 of the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors — raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants.
The leaks — many from deteriorating [...]
Published: January 31, 2010
Tags: clean energy, energy, nuclear, Obama
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his spending plan for the next budget year is expected [...]
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: BadgerCare Basic, Black, Doyle, jobs, KRM, nuclear, RTA
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle outlined a number of his initiatives and proposals during his State of the State speech on Tuesday. Here are some of the details:
MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS: Doyle used some of his strongest language to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would cede control of the state’s largest school district [...]
Published: January 20, 2010
Tags: bill, Doyle, emissions, global warming, greenhouse gases, Grothman, Huebsch, Midwest Governors Association, Miller, nuclear, power plants, renewable energy, Stolzenberg, Thilly, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
Comments: 1
By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers started poring over a sweeping renewable energy bill Wednesday, establishing battle lines as the measure inches toward a vote.
The bill creates new renewable fuel standards, lifts Wisconsin’s ban on nuclear power plants and calls for new vehicle emission standards to match California’s. Environmentalists have praised [...]
Published: January 20, 2010
Tags: Assembly Special Committee on Clean Energy Jobs, bill, clean energy, emission, energy, nuclear, power plant, Senate Select Committee on Clean Energy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Legislature’s attorneys are set to give lawmakers a run-down on a sweeping clean energy bill.
The measure would mandate 25 percent of the state’s energy come from renewable sources by 2025, create vehicle emission standards and do away with the state’s ban on new nuclear power plants.
The state Senate Select [...]
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s business community is divided over Gov. Jim Doyle’s clean energy plan that calls for increasing the use of renewable fuels and opens the door to nuclear power, with opponents saying the new mandates will weaken Wisconsin’s already struggling manufacturing sector.
Doyle’s plan was introduced in the Legislature [...]
Clean Wisconsin Inc. Thursday challenged a state lawmaker to support a bill based on the recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming.
State Rep. Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, rebuked Clean Wisconsin, along with the Wisconsin Citizens’ Utility Board and Sierra Club Wisconsin, for speaking out against his bill, which lifts the state’s nuclear plant [...]
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