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Health care uproar drowns out climate-change debate
- Appleton Post Crescent (new window)
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2009-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON — The August uproar over health care reform almost muted public discourse over global warming, a climate phenomenon that holds serious implications for Wisconsin and the rest of the nation. | |
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State wind initiative pushed
- Appleton Post Crescent
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2009-04-01 |
| APPLETON — Gov. Jim Doyle wants Wisconsin to be the nation's hub for wind energy development and center for parts to build turbines that generate electricity. | |
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Wisconsin can be leader on clean energy plan
- Appleton Post Crescent
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2009-03-12 |
| With our current economic challenges, one bright spot is the potential to repower Wisconsin and revitalize our economy with clean energy. | |
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House bill funnels $2.4 billion to Wisconsin
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2009-01-28 |
| Milwaukee - The economic recovery plan before the U.S. House on Wednesday earmarks $2.1 billion for Wisconsin and more than half is designated as state budget aid. The other big chunk -- $564 million -- is for highways and bridges. | |
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Doyle creates office to deal with federal stimulus
- Wisconsin State Journal (new window)
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2009-01-24 |
| MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Doyle has put the president of Madison Gas and Electric Co. in charge of figuring out how to quickly spend billions of dollars in federal economic stimulus money. | |
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Let's capitalize on our energy assets
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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2009-01-03 |
| Our slumping economy is taking its toll, leaving all of us with a sense of anxiety about the future. But we have a tremendous opportunity to rebuild our economy across the country and here in Wisconsin, and to do it on a solid foundation. | |
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Environment gets high marks in Badger Poll
- Capital Times (new window)
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2008-05-02 |
| A majority of Wisconsinites give the state's natural environment high marks, but want more done to protect our air and water as well as requiring power companies to produce more electricity through renewable sources. | |
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A benefit to environment, economy
- Journal Sentinel
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2008-03-31 |
| When it comes to how we generate our energy in Wisconsin, we are truly at a crossroads. For too long, we’ve relied on dirty, dangerous sources of energy – namely, coal and oil - that have polluted our skies, threatened public health, spewed mercury into our lakes and contributed to global warming. | |
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Taking steps toward a new energy future
- Wisconsin State Journal (new window)
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2007-12-22 |
| With the first meaningful improvement in gas mileage standards in a generation, Congress took a significant step toward a new energy future this week in an energy bill signed by President Bush. | |
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Pursue cleaner energy options, not dirty coal
- Racine Journal Times
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2007-08-01 |
| I am writing in response to a recent weblog post, "Dirty power – Pleasant Prairie power plant reportedly among nation’s 20 worst for mercury emissions," that highlighted one of the many problems with our current energy production in the United States. | |
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Commentary: Petri should support a renewable electricity standard
- Fond du Lac Reporter
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2007-07-20 |
| America's energy situation today is less secure than it has been in recent memory. Our domestic production of oil peaked decades ago and our production of natural gas may be peaking now. As a result, we import more of our energy than ever before, leaving our energy supplies and national security vulnerable to political instability abroad. | |
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Group demonstrates wind power in Oshkosh
- Oshkosh Northwestern
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2007-06-23 |
| If the almost 100 pinwheels planted Friday morning in the ground of Opera House Square had been full-scale wind turbines, half of Oshkosh could have gotten all the electric power it needed. | |
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