Environment
Big Polluters Are Big Campaign Donors
List of top polluting contributors is led by We Energies.
Mar 29th, 2018 by Wisconsin Democracy CampaignCrowdfunding Program Creates Solar Power
Two Milwaukee non-profits among 11 groups using this to go solar.
Mar 28th, 2018 by Kari Lydersen, Energy News NetworkGOP’s Favorite Sand Mining Company
Assembly Republicans have twice passed a bill exempting a Georgia company from state law.
Mar 27th, 2018 by Wisconsin Democracy CampaignMidwest Utilities Embracing Renewable Energy
Including We Energies. But critics say these long-term goals allow decades of fossil fuel use.
Mar 22nd, 2018 by Andy Balaskovitz, Energy News NetworkThe Myth of Clean Coal
Coal causes disease and death. We Energies should switch to clean energy.
Mar 21st, 2018 by Carl LindnerWe Energies Polluting Oak Creek?
Data shows coal dust covering homes. Residents, environmentalists raise alarm.
Mar 16th, 2018 by Dave FidlinHow Walker Destroyed Bipartisan Conservation
Democrats and Republicans agreed on need to protect state’s environment. Not any more.
Mar 15th, 2018 by Spencer BlackFoxconn Water Request Violates Law
Company wants massive diversion of Lake Michigan water. But DNR won't oppose it.
Mar 12th, 2018 by James RowenTrump Threatens Great Lakes Funding
Sea Grant had $20.6 million impact on Wisconsin, $66 million on nearby states in 2016.
Mar 9th, 2018 by Steven MaierWalnut Way Wins National Grant
For solar panels and green infrastructure in Lindsay Heights neighborhood.
Mar 8th, 2018 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceState Okays Park Land for Golf Course
Course owner, industrialist Herbert Kohler, gave $400,000 to Walker, other Republicans.
Mar 2nd, 2018 by Wisconsin Democracy CampaignHow Golf Tees Kill Trees
What the DNR had to say about the new Kohler golf course.
Jan 24th, 2018 by James Rowen