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
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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. [...]
Published: January 20, 2010
Tags: bill, coal, Doyle, Environment, greenhouse gases, renewable energy, Thilly
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The developers of a sweeping renewable energy bill say the measure positions Wisconsin well if the federal government restricts coal use. Roy Thilly was co-chairman of Gov. Jim Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force, which developed recommendations that have become the basis for the bill. He told lawmakers, during a hearing, the [...]
By JENNIFER LOVEN and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Writers COPENHAGEN (AP) — President Barack Obama said the United States and four other countries, including China, reached a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” Friday on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions after a frenzied day of diplomacy at the U.N. climate talks. The agreement between the [...]
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators on Friday offered yet another approach to tackling climate change, proposing the government sell pollution allowances to industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions and then use most of the money to send tax-free monthly checks to every American. The “dividend” checks, estimated to [...]
By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent COPENHAGEN (AP) — This decade is very likely to be the warmest since record keeping began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference. In some areas — parts [...]
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. For centuries, forests have provided lumber to build [...]
Published: July 22, 2009
Tags: cap-and-trade, Chris Gregoire, climate change, Colorado, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, energy, energy-efficient, global warming, greenhouse gases, jobs, Jr., New Jersey, policy, renewable sources, Senate, solar energy, utilities, Washington, wind energy, wind turbine
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Dina Cappiello AP Writer Washington — Three Democratic governors told a Senate panel Tuesday that efforts to curb global warming and spur the development of cleaner sources of energy have created jobs and new businesses in their states, a trend that could expand nationwide if Congress passes federal legislation. All three states — New Jersey, [...]
Published: July 15, 2009
Tags: carbon emissions, China, developing countries, emissions targets, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, G-8, greenhouse gases, Tsinghua University, U.S.
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Henry Sanderson AP Writer Beijing — China and other developing countries should join the United States in setting mid-century targets to cut carbon emissions in the battle against global warming, the U.S. energy secretary said Wednesday. The U.S. and China — the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases — agree that climate change is a [...]
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