Wisconsin has fallen behind other states in efforts to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide billowing from smokestacks at coal-burning power plants.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has issued an executive order prohibiting state agencies from working to comply with President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change.

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Sixteen states, including Wisconsin, will have tougher carbon dioxide reduction targets than they originally planned now that President Barack Obama has presented his final plan to cut emissions from U.S. power plants.

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With Dane County officials’ approval, construction will start soon on a system that will be used to capture carbon dioxide given off by the local landfill.

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Obama administration officials said Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency would delay a final rule to control carbon dioxide emissions at new coal-fired power plants, thwarting for now one way the Republican-controlled Congress could have blocked the administration's plans on global warming.

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Gov. Scott Walker has sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warning new air pollution regulations would hurt Wisconsin and the nation.

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Wisconsin has cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 10 percent in less than a decade. Let's keep going.

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The proposed greenhouse-gas regulations that critics contend will drag down the economy are receiving praise from others as a boon for the construction industry.

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Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property.

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By PATRICK CONDON Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate has voted to lift restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions from coal production that critics say prevented both construction of new coal plants in the state, and purchase of ...

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