Posted by
Zach W on March 3, 2010, at 6:34 am
Wisconsin Environment, a Wisconsin-based, citizen funded environmental advocacy group, works to protect Wiconsin’s air, water, and open spaces. The group is holding a town hall in West Allis event to discuss the Wisconsin Clean Energy Jobs bill, and the event will include a speech by Senator Sullivan as well as speeches about the economic [...]
Posted by
Zach W on February 5, 2010, at 6:27 am
A new proposal planned for Milwaukee would convert trash to energy, creating 250 construction jobs and 45 full-time jobs. The proposal, named Project Apollo, would cost parent company Alliance Federated Energy $225 million to develop, with the first phase expected to be running by 2013.The plant would use technology developed by Westinghouse Plasma Corporation [...]
Posted by
Zach W on July 6, 2009, at 8:01 pm
One of the hottest topics of debate right now is the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would institute a “cap and trade” system capping the greenhouse gases that American industry produces and allowing companies to trade with one another for the rights to emissions that they need in their power-generation and manufacturing. [...]
Posted by
Zach W on April 9, 2009, at 6:46 pm
Former Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Syd Kitson, now a real estate developer, wants to build the world’s greenest city in southwestern Florida. Babcock Ranch, Florida would feature the world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant, a truly smart power grid, recharging stations for electric vehicles and a variety of other green innovations.
What’s more, it appears [...]
Posted by
Zach W on December 23, 2008, at 5:49 am
…but is it really “clean?”
I guess that depends on your definition of clean, because “clean coal” technology doesn’t eliminate the harmful pollutants released by burning coal for energy; it simply reduces those pollutants. To me, “clean coal” technology would mean any coal technology that eliminates the pollutants released from burning coal, so the idea [...]
Posted by
Zach W on June 22, 2008, at 10:54 am
It seems to be a common talking point among some folks in the conservative blogosphere that drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will solve all our nation’s energy woes, thus lowering the price of a gallon of gas.
However, this myth that some on the right would have the rest of us [...]
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