| Wisconsin Development News Green - Environmental Ideas That Make Economic Sense | ||
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| Ken`s - Electric Automotive Stories | ||
Ken`s Notes: Every week in WDNGreen.com I aggregate a few articles on electric vehicles, these are national articles and often of personal interest to me... | ||
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| Wisconsin Operations Recognized for Dairy Sustainability Efforts | ||
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| July 16 is Aquaculture Day in Wisconsin | ||
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| NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component | ||
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| USDA to Survey Wisconsin Corn, Potato Producers | ||
Ken Notes: Looks like the data may be available... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 12/3/2021 4:52:20 PM | ||
| Robinson Named Interim UW-Extension Natural Resource Director | ||
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| USDA Invests $1.7 Billion in CRP to Protect Sensitive Ag Lands | ||
Ken Notes: This is an area where we could do a far better job. We do not work with the farmers on solutions but rather spend billions rewarding farmers for not using land that they in many cases they would not use anyway. We should acquire lands that are sensitive and look at uses that benefit both the farmer and the state. Also replanting these lands makes sense, I also like trails, access, tourism, and echo development... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 12/3/2021 4:52:20 PM | ||
| Environmental Group Challenges High Capacity Well Permits | ||
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| DNR Alignment to Provides More Efficiency with Permitting | ||
Ken Notes: I am far less worried about the process than I am about the actual regulations. We are managing huge new waste streams with regulations and controls designed for much smaller environments. This managing Milwaukee with backyard septic systems... | ||
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| OPINION: What is next for the future of utility regulation? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 12/3/2021 3:30:04 PM | ||
| Wisconsin utility has some unfamiliar allies in solar case | ||
Ken Notes: I had the opportunity to meet with leaders at MG&E during the rate hearings and was impressed with their commitment to serving the environmental desires of their clients. I am proud to be an environmental editor that has advocated for compromise that leads to stronger environmental efforts. Now we need the other utilities who made similar statements to step up to the plate. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 12/3/2021 3:30:04 PM | ||
| Alliant Energy: Solar Energy Now Reaching Customers | ||
Ken Notes: Small but note how fast they were able to bring this on line... | ||
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| Vermont utility exec touts green power, lower electric bills | ||
Ken Notes: I hope some of our more conservative legislators were there! Read the interview as well!! | ||
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| Developers make progress on southwest Wisconsin wind project | ||
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| Ed Begley Jr. issues challenge to Wisconsin on clean energy | ||
Ken Notes: Good read... | ||
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| Putrid Green Slime Monster NOT to Join GOP Convention | ||
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| Efficiency money for broadband? Questions remain after Wisconsin hearing | ||
Ken Notes: I still fail to see the direct connect between broadband and energy dollars. This is a rob Peter to pay Paul scheme that fulfills promises made on broadband. Oh and for the record you should head to Illinois and buy LED tech where, like florescent here, it is supplemented by the State. | ||
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Ken Notes: Please forward this to friends and colleagues who have an interest in our economy and environment. You may eMail Me Here. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 3 - Wk: 100 Date: 12/3/2021 3:29:05 PM | ||
| Wisconsin - CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES | ||
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| Wisconsin Environmentalists: EPA - Asleep at the Wheel | ||
Ken Notes: This strategy may backfire. If we force the EPA to get substantially stricter a conservative legislature may reduce their ability to do their job even further. We need a bipartisan pro environment plan backed by business. If the current election does not suggest we have lost touch with the voters I am not sure what does. POLICY FOR THOUGHT The Clean Ohio Fund is a state program that funds greenspace conservation, farmland preservation and trail construction. Since its inception, it has benefited all 88 counties in Ohio and has leveraged millions of dollars of private support. The Conservancy seeks continued funding levels of $50 million per year in the state budget. Could Wisconsin do this??? | ||
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| Groups oppose Wisconsin city Lake Michigan plan | ||
Ken Notes: Look at the map. Michigan will NEVER have an issue drawing lake water, yet the lines are tight in parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. Can the Fox Cities deed their rights to Waukesha? | ||
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| Think Tank: green building revolution | ||
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| OPINION: Carbon tax and divident would be good for business as well as environment | ||
Ken Notes: One more time... The key will be to work WITH businesses and power companies on these issues. Our leadership needs leadership and direction - this is now coming from very small but influential lobbying groups. Media and the public is not in the loop... | ||
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| Wisconsin`s Focus on Energy: Driving Employment while Saving Money | ||
Ken Notes: I will comment after the next article. Please feel free to reprint Tyler Huebner`s (Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin) article.... An as seen it WDNGreen.com Credit would be nice but it is not necessary... | ||
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| A response to: Wisconsin lags Midwest in clean energy sector jobs | ||
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| Pro/Con; Should climate change deniers be prosecuted? | ||
Notes: Prosecuted?? Why even talk about this. What we need to do is address the issues of expelling carbon into the environment, global warming is ONE, but there are 100`s more and we NEVER talk about them anymore. We now have leaders suggesting suggesting the debatability of the issues surrounding global warming should allow for exceptions or outright elimination of carbon regulations. This would include our own Governor. Global warming is not the ONLY reason to reduce carbon emissions. The fact that there are cost effective ways to reduce carbon emissions that create jobs, are good for business, improve our economy, return jobs to the US and Wisconsin, improve land use, improve general air and water quality, reduce our dependence on foreign energy, and are good for our grandchildren should be front and center. I am a pro business environmentalist who does not give a damn about global warming. Why? Because I do give a damn about getting things done. | ||
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| Startup to launch farm-to-six-pack movement in Delaware | ||
Ken Notes: Delaware???? | ||
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| Investigation into Improving Access to the Statewide Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Programs | ||
Ken Notes: Attention state media you need to report on this and understand that this is politics at it`s worst. Commitments have been made to rural broadband and the industries developing this service will profit immensely, they will and do make substantial political contributions. The PSC is now supporting this by suggesting a shifting federal funds away from the Focus on Energy programs that improves energy efficient construction, makes energy efficient products such as florescent and now LED lighting more affordable and educates the public on the value of cost effective efficiency. They are loosely basing this on the "promote rural economic development" directive. Broadband and internet access are two entirely different things. Rural areas have access to the internet although it is somewhat slower. Websites, email, and even video works fine. Broadband is the highway for moving much larger amounts of traffic, what the PSC is suggesting is that we need interstate 6 lane highways to our most rural communities. This is not service motivated it is profit motivated and the PSC is doing this for political reasons and it is not supposed to do this. The PSC will site the fact that this is federal money and will not effect taxpayers, and will create jobs. Recent reports have placed Wisconsin in the more expensive category regarding energy cost regionally and not the PSC wants to rob Peter to Pay Paul even though many corporations are looking for energy efficiency and support for their efforts. The jobs, unless you are a lobbyist or install fiber optics, are clearly on the side of better ENERGY policy here. NO HEARINGS will be held on this issue but you can register to intervene, the details are in the document at the link. Please report on and look at this by examining the benefits and and costs associated with both options. Dig a little deeper as to why PSC has adopted this stance. Quote me call me a liar if that is what you find but please do not ignore this issue. PS share this via Facebook and LinkedIn. Talk about this and ask your representatives on either side of the isle to stand up business, jobs, and policy for the people not the politicians.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 12/3/2021 3:29:05 PM | ||
| RENEW Wisconsin Recommendations for Focus on Energy Renewable Energy Program Funding for 2017 & 2018 | ||
Ken Notes:This makes far more sense. Works with companies without political bias to reduce cost and create Jobs! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 12/3/2021 3:29:05 PM | ||
| Thirty -four Wisconsin based companies sign memorandum | ||
Ken Notes: Maybe I am not alone.... | ||
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| Judge`s donations spark controversy | ||
Ken Notes: If a Judge made contributions to the Red Cross or a local hospital, should he or she step aside on an issue relating to these facilities. We need to trust the integrity of our officials UNTIL they give us a reason not to. In this case the judge ruled on the merits of the case and was forthcoming regarding his previous contributions. If our current presidential candidates were 1/100 this honest we would be ecstatic. | ||
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| Wisconsin-based Compass Properties Earns National Award For Sustainable Design and Energy Efficient Projects | ||
Ken Notes: Ditto... | ||
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| Reasons for hope in Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: This by Dave Cieslewicz -- he is one very smart man, I mean for a liberal... | ||
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| 2015`s Best Renewable Energy Projects | ||
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| Wisconsin DNR Taking Comments on Kiel Wastewater Upgrade | ||
Ken Notes: Speak now or... | ||
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| The 2015 State of Wisconsin Sustainability Report | ||
Ken Notes: Great Report. I hope all our legislators get a good look at this! | ||
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| Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. Ron Johnson Visit Wisconsin Chemical Distributor; Discuss Regulatory Relief | ||
Ken Notes: Don`t yell at me, but here is an example of where we can work with companies to improve safety and reduce red tape in a win win scenario. I wish Paul and Ron had brought Mark and Ron along for the discussion... | ||
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| RENEW Wisconsin wins 2016 Regulatory Champion of the Year award | ||
Notes: Congrats... | ||
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| Buckthorn Baggie kills invasive trees without chemicals | ||
Ken Notes: Cool, we used to use Boy Scouts to pull and treat Buckthorn in our parks, this would be perfect!!! | ||
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| AG presses to move DNR case to Waukesha | ||
Ken Notes: We need a policy that leads the nation, not politicians that turn a blind eye! At 165 degrees manure turns from liability to asset... | ||
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| As Policies Change At DNR, Agency Still Trying To Do More With Less | ||
Ken Notes: I miss George! | ||
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| AgSTAR’s New Digester Project Development Handbook | ||
Ken Notes:I would love to see Wisconsin become the leader in this technology! Every farmer and elected official in the state should download this. | ||
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| 10 companies moving up in smart buildings | ||
Ken Notes: Did I mention the MONEY in green... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:15:54 AM | ||
| UW-La Crosse wins award for energy efficiency | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:13:22 AM | ||
| Green Bay gets more money to replace lead pipes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:12:02 AM | ||
| Journal Times editorial: DNR permit changes must be fully vetted | ||
Kewn Notes: yep! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:09:35 AM | ||
| Oped: Environmental rule saves motorists money | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:08:36 AM | ||
| Liberal Group Received Gas Tax Dollars for Years | ||
Ken Notes: We do not track what happens to most of our legislative spending and outcome based reviews of our spending has NEVER happened. So lets not get to picky here because I could provide far more wasteful examples. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 11:07:23 AM | ||
| EPA fracking report offers few answers on drinking water | ||
Ken Notes: Once again it is our job to make sure it is safe and we should be able to do that through working together. Fighting for an outright ban will be an uphill battle for at least the next four years. I have seen the numbers and this hill is not going to be conquered. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:55:58 AM | ||
| Oversight is critical for DNR changes | ||
Ken Notes: This must be a statewide effort and a great opportunity for the UW System, engineering firms, and others to offer solutions that actually make a difference. What is concerning is that if we take the path of least resistance we fail our grandchildren. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:47:06 AM | ||
| Power plant towns helped deliver Rust Belt to Trump | ||
Ken Notes: Again change can be good for these very communities. New construction, new infrastructure, new fuels, more profit, new jobs, and more. We as an environmental and development community are terrible at communicating and now we have no choice! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:39:13 AM | ||
| U.N. environment chief concerned at climate science skeptics among Trump picks | ||
Ken Notes: Lets focus on immediate harms of (as well as benefits of reducing) carbon. Trying to argue man-made global warming with those not willing to listen is just dumb. We need to tell them there is gold in dem dar hills and it is found in sustainable energy. Jobs, profit, health, and a return to US leadership in control, engineering, construction, and development. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:30:47 AM | ||
| Road salt fouls environment | ||
Ken Notes: Alas IT WORKS. We need to work on balancing public safety with public and environmental health. This is not easy and any community that has banned salt will tell you just say no is not an option. Watch for brines, sand and gravel mixes, concrete cut solutions, and other options to help reduce salt. Also storm-water retention and filtering systems can help as well. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:21:00 AM | ||
| Counterpoint: Environmental orders serve Americans well | ||
Ken Notes: If this is a truly level playing field, we could benefit from new design and innovation. VW has taught us that we have to diligent and careful but MPG standards can lead to better vehicles new revenues and job growth! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 52 Date: 12/19/2016 10:11:59 AM | ||
| Appleton Coated receives WWF Environmental Paper Award 2016 | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats! | ||
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| Wisconsin Experts Confident About Renewable Energy`s Future, Even Under Trump | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:57:14 AM | ||
| Snow geese deaths from mine pit number in the thousands | ||
Ken Notes: We need to solve these problems before they happen... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:54:47 AM | ||
| Trump settles on Oklahoma`s attorney general to lead EPA | ||
Ken Notes: I will repeat, business has to take the lead on sound environmental policy. The more traditional advocacy groups will find they are on the outside of the new administration. I do hope we see conservancies and others acquire more lands and easements. Also we need to exponentially increase our development of cost effective solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable energy production. We must demonstrate the jobs, revenues, and sustainability in this field. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:52:19 AM | ||
| Oil Pipeline Under Lake Michigan Heads For More Scrutiny | ||
Ken Notes: We should establish a life for these projects from the onset. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:38:05 AM | ||
| Environmentalists drop lawsuit over expired Minntac permit | ||
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| DNR shifts government control over farm regulations | ||
Ken Notes: We need to be proactive here as well. We can not afford to say I told you so after the fact. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:25:57 AM | ||
| The reason why some lakes are getting murkier | ||
Ken Notes: Again we may need to focus on the run-off, not the warming... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:19:34 AM | ||
| Study Links A Warming Climate To Changes In Great Lakes Food Web | ||
Ken Notes: Trump says, "I`m not a believer in man-made global warming.". so lets ask him to explore man-made solutions to a natural problem that will benefit from more sustainable forms of energy production and less carbon emissions... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 11:14:35 AM | ||
| 2018 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment calendar photo submission contest | ||
Ken Notes: Wisconsin needs on of these, I`ll put it together if someone want to sponsor it with me. | ||
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| Cleanup plan comes together at Fraser | ||
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| Wisconsin companies honored as `Green Masters` | ||
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| OPINION: Trump Team Revives McCarthyism in War on the Environment | ||
Ken Notes: I hope not, but again if we do not lead from a conservative pro environment agenda we will not be heard at all and four years is far to long to wait... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 51 Date: 12/12/2016 10:52:08 AM | ||
| On Wisconsin: Dane County farmstead remains a farm and becomes a park | ||
Ken Notes: Great read... fantastic idea... | ||
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| 9th Annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Conference | ||
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| Peninsula Pride Farms Among Second-Round Grant Recipients | ||
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| Buy local: Buy a real Christmas Tree | ||
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| Help! | ||
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| Hero for Animals or Eco-Terrorist? One Man`s Lifelong Mission to Be a Voice for the Wild | ||
Ken Notes: I am not a fan and here is why. A good friend once told me, Ken to create change you have to have a seat at tie table. I served on a school board for 9 years, as a Mayor for four years, served on countless state and local commissions and committees, served as a city council member, a Local government liaison in the capitol, an economic development director, and as a journalist / blogger for the last 10 years. I have created change by working across the table from those with whom I disagree and discovering the compromise that leads to good and sustainable policy. We have lost this art on the political front and it worries me. Take a seat at the table! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 50 Date: 12/5/2016 10:19:43 AM | ||
| Real Christmas trees: History, facts and environmental impacts | ||
Ken Notes: Here is a simple win win. CUT ONE - PLANT TEN. Did you know that most County Land & Water Conservation Departments make trees available for purchase for just a few dollars in the fall. In my county, Green, you can order until January 1st or NOW. They are available in the spring for planting. What a great way to celebrate Christmas -- TWICE! The DNR sells larger packages of trees and will provide them free to fourth grade classrooms. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 50 Date: 12/5/2016 10:08:02 AM | ||
| Rolling back environmental progress? | ||
Ken Notes: We need to change the language here, we need to suggest he work WITH businesses to move environmental objectives forward. We have seen what happens if you challenge his ideas or call him names. We need to offer to help him, he likes that! Oh and take global warming out of our vocabulary and replace it with creating jobs with environmental sustainability. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 50 Date: 12/5/2016 9:40:01 AM | ||
| New Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director sees a `hunger` for change at UW | ||
Ken Notes: This is a great acquisition for Wisconsin. Keep reading we may have a great opportunity for her in the science of manure. Welcome back to Wisconsin we need you! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 50 Date: 12/5/2016 9:33:08 AM | ||
| It Seems to Me: CAFO rap unfair | ||
Ken Notes: Again we have to consider both sides. I see digested manure from CAFO presenting a huge benefit to our farms but it is not digested or treated thus the concentrated volume, not the total volume, presents a real challenge. It is a density issue and requires density solutions... | ||
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| DNR Will Step Back From Writing Large Farm Permits | ||
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| EPA to keep strict gas mileage standards in place | ||
Ken Notes: Again we have to promote this from a business perspective. New design, new markets, new technology, new product mean JOBS, wealth, and longevity. Also if the US manufacturers do not lead the production from the foreign markets will and China is banking on this literally. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 50 Date: 12/5/2016 9:14:44 AM | ||
| How Will The Environment Fare In A Trump Presidency? | ||
Ken Notes: As a former politician i would like to make two observations. One, elected officials even the likes of Donald, listen to the consensus of their supporters in this case business. Secondly, we can present a benefit to environmental policy that will help him create jobs, compete globally, and create a better world for him to put his brand on. PE Trump is at least easy to figure out - it is about the brand. We can help him with this... | ||
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| Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) Recommend Actions to Improve Glass Recycling | ||
Ken Notes: Sent by a reader... | ||
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| Carbon Calculator | ||
Ken Notes: A friend sent me this link, it is a great idea! | ||
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| Filmmaker Travels Entire Length Of Wisconsin`s Longest River By Paddleboard | ||
Ken Notes: Again back when business and government worked together... I have always wanted to do this trip by canoe... | ||
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| Door County Environmental Council’s Position on CAFO Expansion | ||
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| Climate Corner: Wisconsin’s Most Innovative Counties and Municipalities Join Together | ||
Ken Notes: See it can be done... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 10:14:05 AM | ||
| Robbins: Wisconsin Idea key to understanding climate change | ||
Ken Notes: With the new "head in the sand" administration, I also suggest we change the focus from global warming to the economic value of switching to a carbon neutral energy and transit systems. Focus on money, jobs, international competitiveness, economic growth, sustainability, independence, power, and world domination. If a side effect is a reduction in global warming, what the hell... Sun Tzu`s The Art of War --- Know Your Enemy... | ||
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| Natural resources students fret over Trump | ||
Ken Notes: Business could fix this in a heartbeat by hiring environmentalists and then asking them to figure out the economic side of the equation. | ||
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| UW–Madison researchers study plant aging, gain insights into crop yields | ||
Ken Notes: Another missed opportunity is the states ability to connect the UW to our ag and dairy industry. We could address runoff, genetics, yield, cost, and soooo much more... | ||
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| As president, should Donald Trump rein in the Environmental Protection Agency? | ||
Ken Notes: WOW am I torn here. EPA has become a mandate oriented giant that has cost Wisconsin jobs. But with the DNR loosing it`s bite, EPA is the only org that can reign in the worst of the offenders. I of course want a business sensitive EPA that works as a partner for a cleaner more sustainable America. My goals are shaped by a very close relationship with businesses that actually wanted to help and do great thing for the Fox River, we spent nearly a billion dollars, lost thousands of jobs and got almost nothing all lead by the EPA. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:51:55 AM | ||
| States, Congress Should Do More To Help Protect Mississippi River, Writer Says | ||
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| With more change coming, DNR retirement concerns remain | ||
Ken Notes: This is a problem. When strong voices leave the state, agree or disagree, the decision process is hampered. The UW system is next on this list. We need strong independent voices to keep Wisconsin strong... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:42:43 AM | ||
| VIDEO - International trade means billions for Wisconsin | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:37:43 AM | ||
| What environmental leaders are saying on hope and progress in Donald Trump’s America | ||
Ken Notes: We will follow this closely. I hope we see an actually plan to move forward and to do this the leadership will have to come from business and the public... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:34:49 AM | ||
| No easy answers to Wisconsin road funding problem | ||
Ken Notes: We do need a segregated fund to deal with this. I would also like a gas stabilization tax that can rise and fall with the price of crude oil. This would actually help businesses and government plan and budget. The tax would also encourage more fuel efficient vehicles and mass transit. The new administration seem to like privatization of some corridors. Wisconsin should become a transit hub for the Midwest. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:31:10 AM | ||
| WISCONSIN -- DNR board to adopt air pollution rules after 4-year delay | ||
Ken Notes: One wonders what will happen as the new administration moves forward. I hope we get a strong EPA that works with business to protect the environment. Just call me a dreamer... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 49 Date: 11/28/2016 9:23:59 AM | ||
| DNR board to adopt air pollution rules after 4-year delay | ||
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| Greenleaf tree farmers earn honor | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 7:09:56 PM | ||
| State undermines clean water law, residents tell EPA officials | ||
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| Anti-sand science-deniers ignore real water problems | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 7:01:04 PM | ||
| Corporate wave to cut carbon continues under Trump | ||
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| Battling buckthorn | ||
Ken Notes: Have featured this in the past - a great idea! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 6:54:27 PM | ||
| Could Conservation Issues Unite Democrats And Republicans? | ||
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| Travel/Wisconsin: A true field trip | ||
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| International students flock to Montello to learn aquaponics | ||
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| State Expands Access to Renewable Fuels | ||
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| Creating clean water on the farm | ||
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| Boys & Girls Club receives Green Gift | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 6:45:25 PM | ||
| Lake Forest gets another 60 days to offer feedback on Hiawatha rail projects | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 3:27:10 PM | ||
| Wisconsin DNR Sued Over High-Capacity Well Approvals | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 3:25:33 PM | ||
| Outdoors notes | ||
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| The Trump effect on environmental investing: Positive? | ||
Ken Notes: I have always been a fan of private sector lead change as opposed to government mandated change, we will just have to see?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 3:23:03 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Conservationists Worry About EPA`s Future Under President Trump | ||
Ken Notes: We will have to see. I still hope that businesses can lead the charge here by suggesting many ways that we can work together on ways to protect the environment that actually benefit business, the economy, and our future... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 3:20:12 PM | ||
| Awards at UW-Madison recognize businesses that serve financial, social and environmental goals | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats all, I have featured 3 of the four in the past few years... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 48 Date: 11/21/2016 3:14:36 PM | ||
| New leader to take reins at Conserve Lake County | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:50:24 AM | ||
| Commentary: Great Lakes Energy faces promising, challenging times | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:48:58 AM | ||
| Johnson Controls Highlights Efficiency | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:42:20 AM | ||
| North Woods for Sale? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:40:31 AM | ||
| Trump set to roll back Obama policies on energy, environment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:36:06 AM | ||
| Op-Ed - Climate Change An Afterthought for DNR | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:34:10 AM | ||
| Paper please: California voters approve plastic bag ban | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:32:26 AM | ||
| EPA official to hear testimony in Eau Claire | ||
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| Wisconsin’s Lakes, Streams Drying Up | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:30:08 AM | ||
| Coal and oil revival? Six ways Trump could shift energy policy | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:28:36 AM | ||
| US Fish and Wildlife Service seeks comments on draft environmental assessment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 47 Date: 11/15/2016 8:26:43 AM | ||
| Preserving scenic landscape with the 4Rs in Wisconsin | ||
| Ken Notes: This may be more of a commercial that anything else but it would be nice to get farmers focused on the value on conservative farming practices.. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 10:48:21 AM | ||
| It Seems to Me: CAFOs damaging | ||
Ken Notes: Yep, but we may need to regulate rather that just say no because the politics is not on our side here. Tomorrow will not change this. CAFO`s have money to spend and we may be able to get them to spend it on digestion and removing pathogens or they will spend it getting politicians elected who will let the do what the want... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 10:32:33 AM | ||
| Camping numbers high despite fee increases | ||
Ken Notes: We have a great park system and we could do so much more! Also since camping is a weekend thing for many, why not have a tiered rate structure that makes camping more affordable during the week. We need more sites, more camping experiences from glamping in larger rv`s and micro cabins to serious hike in sites well off the beaten path and everything in between. We need to encourage and support public private partnerships to promote camping. We need to create parks for the new trend in micro / mini homes. If we can bring just a few hundred additional Chicago area residents to Wisconsin each weekend, we can generate millions of dollars for our local Wisconsin economy. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 10:22:01 AM | ||
| EPA asked to step in again, this time on DNR air permitting | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 10:02:48 AM | ||
| Former paper mill executive named Wisconsin`s top forester | ||
Notes: Welcome! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 10:01:24 AM | ||
| It’s Time to Develop Wisconsin’s Clean Power Plan | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 9:37:25 AM | ||
| PSC Approves $7.7 Million in Renewable Energy Rebates and $10-$20 million in Biogas Spanning 2017 & 2018! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 88 Date: 11/7/2016 9:36:17 AM | ||
| University of Wisconsin-Extension selected as EDA University Center for Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats. We/they should create a draft plan for environmental excellence in planning and development, like the tree city USA program. Establish a designation for communities addressing green issues on a daily basis. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 11/7/2016 9:35:19 AM | ||
| Hundreds attend meeting on proposed Amtrak Hiawatha project | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 46 Date: 11/7/2016 9:34:47 AM | ||
| DNR to study possible link between frac sand mines, contaminated groundwater | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:38:01 AM | ||
| UW-Green Bay receives international innovation grant to research water quality issues | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:36:59 AM | ||
| Proposed Middleton-Dubuque transmission line is up for public meetings this week | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:35:11 AM | ||
| Wisconsin, Illinois Taking Input On Amtrak Expansion Between Milwaukee, Chicago | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:32:49 AM | ||
| New Berlin environmentalist brings in wetlands expert | ||
Ken Notes: We tend not to work together on these issues, for example if we need to use some wetlands we need quality offsets on other lands. I would love to see communities and regions buy shoreline setbacks on ag lands for example. If we can`t compromise we end up pushing the problems down the road... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:28:11 AM | ||
| Chicago teens explore climate resilience | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:15:44 AM | ||
| Advice for Clinton and Trump on the Great Lakes | ||
Ken Notes: WDN stays away from politics but this makes sense... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:14:44 AM | ||
| Move Over Solar: There’s New Energy Right At Our Feet | ||
Ken Notes: Wow will take a while but still cool... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 45 Date: 11/1/2016 10:06:45 AM | ||
| Beautiful wind turbine trees generate clean energy in urban environments | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:37:13 AM | ||
| Blue Zones Project comes to Dodge County | ||
Ken Notes: A little more press on this?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:31:10 AM | ||
| EPA Honors Forest County Potawatomi Community with AWARD for Green Power Use | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:28:01 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Considers Spending Energy Fees on Broadband Expansion | ||
Ken Notes: Me thinks there is politics afoot here... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:25:52 AM | ||
| Input sought on Milwaukee-Chicago rail upgrades | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:24:01 AM | ||
| UW-L biking event raises sustainability awareness | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:14:01 AM | ||
| SAUK COUNTY Board approves funds for environmental projects | ||
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| Pesticide Restrictions in Wisconsin Fail to Protect Groundwater Adequately | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:11:04 AM | ||
| Plans to complete Glacial Drumlin Trail announced | ||
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| Energy Funds OK`d | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:06:51 AM | ||
| Delay in mine permit process sought | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 10:02:29 AM | ||
| Wisconsin can only watch mine planned amid sacred sites at river`s edge | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 9:59:19 AM | ||
| White Paper Lists Recommendations For Great Lakes Cleanup Program | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 9:58:10 AM | ||
| Re-energizing Wisconsin’s clean power plan | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 9:56:05 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Environmental Initiative speakers talk business opportunity in sustainability | ||
Ken Notes: I especially like what Dave had to say... I would love to see a Madison area community embrace environmental issues as a guideline for planning and development. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 44 Date: 10/24/2016 9:47:15 AM | ||
| Federal Agency Wants More Information On Proposed Indiana To Wisconsin Rail Line | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 8:26:05 AM | ||
| AIA honors two Wisconsin building projects for innovation | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats and well deserved. AIA is bringing real advances to businesses Through design and innovation. WMC could take notes, keep reading... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 8:16:43 AM | ||
| What Is Kenneth Bone`s Job? It Inspired His Presidential Debate Question | ||
Ken Notes: The sad truth is that energy, and the environment have fallen off the radar screen in this election at all levels. I was hoping for a conservative return to sensible energy policy and a renewed interest in the environment. Wow was I delusional... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 8:06:58 AM | ||
| OPINION: Moratorium warranted | ||
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| La Crosse County Judge Still Deciding Fate Of Badger-Coulee Line Project | ||
Notes: Just a little FYI, this will NOT be decided in a La Crosse County Courthouse. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:59:46 AM | ||
| Study Finds Insecticide More Damaging To Wisconsin Stream Bugs Than Previously Thought | ||
Ken Notes: No doubt that we need algae eaters. I wonder if we can reverse this.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:56:39 AM | ||
| Is Frac Sand Mining Causing Metal Contamination In Groundwater? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:53:34 AM | ||
| La Crosse-based Chart seeks Green Tier status | ||
Ken Notes: Here is a prime example, solvents used in many industries are a major environmental issue and not on the radar screen of most. Businesses are working hard to solve this as well as making sure that they are disposed of properly. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:49:22 AM | ||
| OPINION: The radical agenda of WMC | ||
Ken Notes: Agrhhhh! I like Menard`s and believe they are good for Wisconsin, but we need to shine a light on companies doing far more for the environment. I am not sure WMC represents the majority of it`s members in it`s lobbying efforts. I would sure like to see a strong voice for businesses in the state, who I believe have a willingness to address environmental issues as long as the outcomes are not a significant impediment to doing business in the state. Also they have great ideas if we would listen rather than tell them what to do... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:39:29 AM | ||
| ‘Strict’ pesticide rules fail to erase threat to Wisconsin’s drinking water | ||
Ken Notes: Alas we can not totally reverse the effects of things done in the past, thus we need to double down on our efforts for the future. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:28:07 AM | ||
| OPINION: Wisconsin could do well by doing good | ||
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| Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 43 Date: 10/17/2016 7:17:35 AM | ||
| MADISUN SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:27:57 AM | ||
| Mayor Barrett unveils enhanced resources for Milwaukee property owners | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:23:43 AM | ||
| Responding with love during environmental disasters | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:15:01 AM | ||
| Factories miffed at high Wisconsin power prices | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:12:46 AM | ||
| Is Flossie getting gassy a real issue? | ||
Ken Notes: Priorities???? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:11:11 AM | ||
| Judge hears arguments on Badger-Coulee power line | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:05:28 AM | ||
| Environmental DNA Used to Provide Early Detection of Invasive Crayfish | ||
Ken Notes: Cool! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:03:47 AM | ||
| Amtrak Hiawatha project environmental study released | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 11:01:04 AM | ||
| A Tale of Two Manure Spills…and a Loss of Credibility | ||
Ken Notes: Great read! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 10:56:03 AM | ||
| Columbia power plant near Portage to get more pollution controls in $110 million project | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 10:54:10 AM | ||
| pinion: Businesses must make natural capital a priority | ||
Ken Notes: We do have a great private sector opportunity to acquire and protect environmentally sensitive lands. Lands trusts, local parks, as well as some recreational use facilities are doing nice work and demonstrate that the government is not always the best solution. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 10:52:25 AM | ||
| OPINION The Hypocrisy of the WMC | ||
Ken Notes: I do wish WMC had a way to communicate the diverse opinions of it`s membership rather than take such strong political stands on issues that may or may not reflect the opinions of the membership. I believe they have lost much of their credibility over the years because of this and I know several businesses are upset by the practice. I much prefer the WASB`s (school board association) use of a policy and resolutions committee to draft resolutions and then have the membership vote on them. In fact I would go a step further and include the percent it pass by. | ||
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| EPA To Review DNR Water Quality Enforcement | ||
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| Public voices opinion over controversial mine on Wisconsin/Michigan border | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 42 Date: 10/11/2016 10:27:19 AM | ||
| Environmental Education Day | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:44:10 AM | ||
| Electrics touted at Paris car show, but await their moment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:41:15 AM | ||
| Judge Pulls Clean up Insurance Out of Enbridge Permit | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:40:14 AM | ||
| Another way to protect the environment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:35:28 AM | ||
| Ohio city to roll out fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses | ||
Ken Notes: Road trip???? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:33:48 AM | ||
| Statewide Effort Needed for Clean Power Plan | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:28:56 AM | ||
| Alliant Energy Breaks Ground on Riverside Energy Center Expansion | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:26:36 AM | ||
| Wisconsin 75: Schneider fuels sustainability | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:23:34 AM | ||
| One tribe`s `long walk` upstream for environmental and cultural justice | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:21:37 AM | ||
| Film Takes on Wolves in Wisconsin and the Controversy Surrounding Them | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:20:41 AM | ||
| Amtrak Hiawatha project environmental assessment to be released | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:19:36 AM | ||
| Panel Talks Future Of Great Lakes Cleanup Program | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:18:11 AM | ||
| Environmental group examines impacts of proposed ATC power line | ||
Ken Notes: Our grid is based on an energy production and distribution plan from the early part of the 1900`s. We should sit down with all the players and rethink the next 100 years. Could solar, wind, bio, and co-gen, not to mention yet undiscovered production sources, change the grid in place and on the boards??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:16:56 AM | ||
| What`s wrong with Wisconsin? Not one little thing | ||
Ken Notes: I know that PACs are deemed to be free speech, but they have destroyed the political system forever. When we try and rebel we get the likes of Donald Trump, when we allow them to proceed without challenge we get bad legislation. This is ingrained in both parties and now at every level of government. I try to offer solutions, but I am really at a loss here. Let`s look at a no win problem, lead paint. If we allow unrestricted lawsuits lawyers will get rich (they will no doubt fund PACs and pols supporting this agenda) and we will not have any real solutions. If we restrict lawsuits, we will see less efforts to address the problem and clean up the problem areas. What we don`t see is an effort to educate the public, find and eradicate old sources of contaminate, improved medical and health efforts, and policy to prevent it from happening again. Finally this is not a Dutch Boy problem, it is a people problem and people should solve it... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 41 Date: 10/4/2016 11:08:17 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Senate Candidates Don`t See Eye-To-Eye On Combating Climate Change | ||
Ken Notes: Too bad this is a political issue. It should be a people issue and we need to balance a strong effort to improve our environment with sound business practices. If we remain as divided as we are business will continue to leave the US, environmental regulation will serve to punish not solve issues and the yo yo administrations never find long term solutions... | ||
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| Proposed Dane County Budget Includes $2M In Solar Panels | ||
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| Solar gardens popping up throughout western Wisconsin | ||
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| Registration nears for Ride with RENEW bike tour | ||
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| Monona will serve as a living lecture hall for UW | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 10:11:23 AM | ||
| Dogs sniff out pollution along Great Lakes | ||
Ken Notes: I love this idea!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:35:22 AM | ||
| Midwest apple growers adopt new environmental growing practices | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:34:02 AM | ||
| Stand up guy paddling entire Wisconsin River | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:32:57 AM | ||
| Michigan mine prompts scrutiny | ||
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| EPA To Review State Water Protection Rules | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:30:38 AM | ||
| CohoMadison finds new home on Winnebago Street | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:29:40 AM | ||
| Indian tribe fights to protect lands and waters – in Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: Glad to see this getting press... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 9:28:33 AM | ||
| Dangerous Levels of `Erin Brockovich` Chemical Found in Local Drinking Water | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:50:15 AM | ||
| New route maps released for a high-voltage power line | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:48:26 AM | ||
| Mining Leaves a Wisconsin Tribe`s Hallowed Sites at Risk | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:36:33 AM | ||
| Wisconsin DNR Looks To Expand CAFO Permit Staff | ||
Ken Notes: I hope this helps, but the DNR has become more political than ever so if the new staff finds issues that lead to restrictions on CAFOs that lead to contribution reductions from CAFOs my prediction is that DNR will see restrictions in funding from the legislature. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:35:37 AM | ||
| "Clean Wisconsin" Representative To Be Featured Speaker On Climate Change In Ephraim | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:28:55 AM | ||
| Environmental DNA provides early detection of invasive crayfish | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:27:51 AM | ||
| Clean Wisconsin to host Epicurean Evening Madison event in October | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 40 Date: 9/26/2016 8:26:51 AM | ||
| Chicago family business known for quality and service reinforces its commitment to sustainability | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:33:45 AM | ||
| City of Spooner moves forward on solar project | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:14:15 AM | ||
| DOE Announces 16 New Projects to Transform Energy Storage and Conversion | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:13:02 AM | ||
| New Gold In Old Northwest | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:07:14 AM | ||
| Preservation of Kickapoo Valley a triumph | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:05:19 AM | ||
| Tiny Pieces Of Plastic Found In Many Great Lakes Tributaries | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 7:02:04 AM | ||
| Michigan mine threatens tribe’s sacred sites | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 6:59:44 AM | ||
| Workforce meeting highlights environmental culture | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 6:57:39 AM | ||
| Washington state limits carbon pollution from large sources | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 6:50:55 AM | ||
| Farm groups fighting EPA on atrazine | ||
Ken Notes: Again, why don`t we sit down with farmers and negotiate trade offs for the good of the environment. We need river, creek, lake, and wetland setbacks and runoff management programs to reduce phosphorus and other thing that do real harm. We don`t work together to fix things -- we regulate things that have no real impact. Also can we get the UW`s and other think tanks to offer real solutions... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 6:49:38 AM | ||
| Historic Northern Wisconsin Estate Reborn With Environmental Focus | ||
Ken Notes: Perfect! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 39 Date: 9/19/2016 6:40:05 AM | ||
| Data Centers, Tax Credits, and the Conservative Case for Cleantech | ||
Ken Notes: We can do this.. Fitchburg has a nice data center and plenty of broadband to support more.... EPIC is also a major player. See I like broadband, I just do not want to rob our energy programs to fund it where jobs will not follow.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 9/12/2016 4:28:52 PM | ||
| Farmers Holding Summit On Environment, Economy And Factory Farms In Green Bay | ||
Ken Notes: Send me some of the presentations and I will share them... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 9/12/2016 4:23:38 PM | ||
| OPINION: Wisconsin is missing out | ||
Ken Notes: As a conservative I want to scream, we are missing this because we are blinded by a few that suggest we should avoid this train. And speaking of trains... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 9/12/2016 4:17:00 PM | ||
| New Milwaukee Microgrid May Advance Wisconsin Energy Sector, Build US MidWest as a Microgrid Hotbed | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 9/12/2016 4:12:49 PM | ||
| Stuart, Landin: PSC has heard the wake-up call | ||
Ken Notes: You could start by taping into the lines bringing cheaper power to Illinois from the west they ALL run through Wisconsin... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 38 Date: 9/12/2016 4:10:30 PM | ||
| How Far Could Challenge of Waukesha’s Lake Michigan Water Diversion Plan Go? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:53:47 AM | ||
| Crews to survey Manitowoc streams for lampreys | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:50:55 AM | ||
| DNR delays raises doubts about vow to fend off more cuts | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:49:42 AM | ||
| Castle Rock, Petenwell lake algae blooms worsening | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:45:02 AM | ||
| Minnesota`s model: State sets broadest limits on chemicals blamed for bee declines | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:42:39 AM | ||
| Scott Walker Aware Of Slowdown In DNR Reorganization Plan | ||
Ken Notes: Can we make this "Outcome Based" so that we can see improvements in the environment because of the changes??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:37:35 AM | ||
| Lack of oversight on wastewater perplexes local governments | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:32:48 AM | ||
| Protecting Wisconsin Lakes Takes More Than Just Facts | ||
Ken Notes: We do need to stop pointing fingers... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:31:12 AM | ||
| Algae blooms create foul odor along Fox River | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:29:24 AM | ||
| Tumors in fish in the Milwaukee | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:25:12 AM | ||
| The Kitchens File: Environmental Disaster | ||
Ken Notes: I try to keep politics out of my publication but, I am very worried that a conservative agenda now seems to include removing environmental efforts to reduce control over CAFOs and new projects... I wonder if we could create a bipartisan environmental group that is pro jobs but dedicated to solutions for our land and water. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:24:05 AM | ||
| Lakeshore Superfund project updated | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:08:24 AM | ||
| Lake Association Leaders Petition for Local Control of Shoreline Zoning | ||
Ken Notes: I have to weigh in on the side of local control here as long as it meets or exceeds state standards. Allowing development that varies from local goals and design standards means the look and feel of neighborhood could change dramatically. It will be very interesting when commercial development says, "it conforms to state standards", on Lake Geneva for example... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 36 Date: 8/29/2016 10:00:11 AM | ||
| UW-Madison students sort through trash | ||
Ken Notes: we cold easily feed those in need with what we throw away that is still safe to eat but I know many that suggest that this is beneath those in need. We waste billions on affordable housing programs, billions on food programs, and then throw away billions more suggesting it is not good enough.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 12:22:10 PM | ||
| Tom Still: Transporting oil always comes with risks, but pipelines safer, more efficient | ||
Ken Notes: Tom is a braver man than I. I do tend to agree but I do not believe Wisconsin gets nearly enough in the exchange... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 12:14:31 PM | ||
| Researchers aim to clean up Lake Superior | ||
Ken Notes: I do NOT want to harm business and tourism, but Lake Superior is one of the most perfect bodies of water in the world... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 12:10:50 PM | ||
| EPA watchdog says government fails to study ethanol`s impact | ||
Ken Notes: I can`t say anything because the lobby on both sides will jump down my throat. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 12:08:13 PM | ||
| Is the U.S. Finally Ending the Toxic Practice of Burning Old Munitions in Open Pits? | ||
Ken Notes: So let me get this straight, HD makes bikes that get 40 to 60 MPG and is fined 12 million. The US government burns ordinance that they paid for in open pit mines and we debate if we need to stop the practice. I my need to move... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 12:05:41 PM | ||
| La Crosse County Board voices concerns about DNR`s failure to protect water | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:58:39 AM | ||
| Will the manure hit the fan in state government? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:57:12 AM | ||
| Harley-Davidson Agrees To $12M Fine Over `Super Tuners` | ||
Ken Notes: This is too bad in that the 12 Million will come from Wisconsin jobs and taxes... Why not ask Harley to spend research dollars on future efficiency in multiple markets. They have some of the best engineers in the world and as engines get smaller they have much to offer... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:55:50 AM | ||
| Big industries say high electric prices may push them out of Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: Arghhhh! The lines bringing low cost power to the east from the west RUN THROUGH WISCONSIN! This is simple want our land and right of way provide our power companies with cheap power or go around the state!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:51:04 AM | ||
| Wisconsin`s high electricity rates spark industry warnings | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:47:17 AM | ||
| Cover-Cropping: Making Money While Practicing Conservation | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:46:17 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Farmers Worry About New Atrazine Rules | ||
Ken Notes: Read this one... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:45:19 AM | ||
| Styrofoam recycling, already scarce in the region, takes another hit | ||
Ken Notes: This is too bad and actually a problem in with many recyclable materials... I would like to see a national packaging tax assessed per ton on all packaging. This money would then help fund recycling and landfill across the US. I served on Wisconsin`s recycling board and most do not understand the complexity if the issues... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:42:55 AM | ||
| New public awareness initiative advances water protection in Wisconsin | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:37:12 AM | ||
| EPA finalizing plans to supply water in Kewaunee | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/22/2016 11:35:58 AM | ||
| Why Are Electric Vehicles Only 1% of Total Monthly U.S. Auto Sales? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 12:43:54 PM | ||
| DNR Providing Funds to Replace Lead Pipes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 12:40:49 PM | ||
| Robbins will lead discussion on state debates concerning Earth Futures | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 12:39:02 PM | ||
| Walker talks roads, environment, education in Necedah stop | ||
Ken Notes: Can we hold him to this? He has not been strong on making changes regardless of where the science comes from and he seems to be restructuring enforcement. I am worried about not working with farmers and businesses not to mention environmental groups the EPA and DNR. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 12:31:50 PM | ||
| Water woes emerge as major issue in Wisconsin elections | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 12:22:58 PM | ||
| Apply for Environmental Quality Incentives Program | ||
Ken Notes: SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FARMERS!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:48:30 AM | ||
| Environmental Protection Agency gives grants to Great Lakes cities to help beach water | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:46:56 AM | ||
| Corps, conservationists bringing back river wetlands | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:41:59 AM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:41:01 AM | ||
| Jefferson lands grant to replace lead pipes | ||
Ken Notes: This is also frustrating, while I am glad more communities are addressing this issue I can not help but feel sorry for the communities that addressed this years ago on their own dime. I had to make cuts to other services in Neenah to deal with this and I know this is true for Madison as well... So are these communities being punished for their environmental responsibility?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:38:34 AM | ||
| Water rules help reduce runoff contamination | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:33:13 AM | ||
| Stuart, Landin: PSC has heard the wake-up call | ||
Ken Notes: I am confused and want to point out that many of the very power lines that are making eastern energy cheaper run right through the state. We need to work directly with the power companies and get the politics out of the mix because it is not working. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:30:24 AM | ||
| Editorial: Brad Schimel and soul mate Scott Walker imperil state`s environment | ||
Ken Notes: This is so frustrating, once environmental protection and balancing that with the economy and business was a tenant on the republican party in Wisconsin. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:22:32 AM | ||
| Attorney General Announces New Head Of State Environmental Protection Unit | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/15/2016 11:17:04 AM | ||
| clean water regulations scaled back | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 10:16:16 AM | ||
| Michigan Questions Enbridge On Condition Of Underwater Line 5 | ||
Ken Notes: If they @#$% up Mackinac Island we will see a change in pipeline policy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 10:01:06 AM | ||
| Barnyard Dust Offers a Clue to Stopping Asthma in Children | ||
Ken Notes: Ag tourism??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:57:43 AM | ||
| How farmers can get to the root of climate response – literally | ||
Ken Notes: Interesting... I wonder about hops, and grapes... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:53:12 AM | ||
| Yes, There Is a Way Forward in Reining in Fracking | ||
Ken Notes: I disagree because of the power of the lobbies at play here. The key will be to use natural gas in harmony with wind and solar and then regulate the industry. We will have to have a bipartisan solution supported by the industries involved or these industries will buy a legislative agenda they can live with... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:40:31 AM | ||
| How UW-Madison Managed Rec Field Project Responsibly | ||
Ken Notes: WOW! Great read and surprised me. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:33:28 AM | ||
| Groundwater research projects leverage DNR | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:29:07 AM | ||
| GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: Lack of Global Warming Is “Scientifically Proven.” Yeah, About That … | ||
Ken Notes: Remember when Wisconsin got national attention for the great things we were doing and our ability to work together? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:28:09 AM | ||
| Water woes emerge as major issue in Wisconsin elections | ||
Ken Notes: Arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:25:45 AM | ||
| Environmental Groups Call For More Action To Protect Wisconsin`s Water | ||
Ken Notes: This is huge, I like farmers, and farms, and cheese, and a rare rib eye - but CAFO`s are different, they are large cities in rural areas with rules designed for yesterdays dairy farms. We have now way of holding today`s politicians responsible for tomorrows problems and for the record this should NOT be a political issue. Our DNR should advocate for our grandchildren not their potential funding levels. We have a problem that is larger than we know. This is also NOT a finger pointing opportunity because if we do not accomplish change that works we all lose. I am a conservative enviro-businessman that believes growth and new development is good for Wisconsin. But if we have new challenges we need to rise up to find solutions. At 165 degrees manure turns to fertilizer bellow that it is waste... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/8/2016 9:24:28 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Conservationists: Don`t Sell Off Public Lands | ||
Ken Notes: All great points, but the legislature sees the sale as a good thing that saves money. I suggest we ask for lands to be transferred or sold into use that benefits the public trust and/or tourism. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:51:32 AM | ||
| Alt Transit: High Speed Rail for the Midwest | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:44:29 AM | ||
| Editorial: Motorists here pay less to drive cars | ||
Ken Notes: GREAT READ! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:40:28 AM | ||
| New `Force for Positive Change` contest to make four $25,000 awards | ||
Ken Notes: Brilliant!!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:37:01 AM | ||
| Environmental safety of corn ethanol up for debate | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:32:31 AM | ||
| Decades after ban, lead paint lingers | ||
Ken Notes: A real problem, but as soon as the government steps in to "solve" it, businesses will be there to make money. We need solutions that are directed at the actual problem and not the bureaucracy to monitor and profit from the problem... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:31:39 AM | ||
| Lawmakers call for dairy industry rescue | ||
Ken Notes: We can make cheese, powdered milk, whey, and other shelf stable products. Also sending dairy based food to the third world is far better than sending money... The government could easily facilitate all of the above... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:27:51 AM | ||
| OPINION: Time has come to ban frac sand in Winona County | ||
Notes: arghhhhhhh!!!!! The state will shut these efforts down in a heartbeat, there is gold in them thar hills... The money that will be on the table when oil prices rise will ensure that sand will flow freely in Wisconsin. We need to focus on control and ensuring the money does some good locally. Roads, rail, wetlands, restoration and reclamation, and public health are fair game. Just say no -- not so much -- because it is not going to happen... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:21:02 AM | ||
| Answering the age-old water question: Is it safe? | ||
Ken Notes: Wow I may need to rethink my advocacy altogether. Unsafe water leads to more local breweries! I now understand why politicians don`t give a damn, they want constituents drinking more and paying attention less... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:14:10 AM | ||
| More crude oil to travel by train | ||
Ken Notes: In Wisconsin this is not good news. Our rail lines need significant upgrades and there is no political cover for this. We have to realize our environment is like a balloon, when we squeeze one end we weaken the other... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:08:49 AM | ||
| City growing season can be 10 days longer | ||
Ken Notes: Interesting!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 11:02:54 AM | ||
| Wisconsin University Offers ‘Green Lives Matter’ Course for Hippies | ||
Ken Notes: A very interesting course and the controversial title got both the course and UWGB national attention. I am sure the intentions were good, but to be sensitive to a very touchy subject we may want to change the name. We do need to make environmental justice a nonpartisan, non socio-economic, non race, non gender issue. How about our grandchildren matter... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 10:59:40 AM | ||
| Clean water regulations scaled back | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 10:51:40 AM | ||
| These Beautiful, Translucent Barriers Quiet Traffic—And Generate Power At The Same Time | ||
Ken Notes: Cool! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 32 Date: 8/1/2016 10:49:10 AM | ||
| Opponents Take A Swing At Kohler Golf Course Plan | ||
Ken Notes: The courses are not a bad use of land. I wonder if we could trade a shoreline trail for the park impact... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:40:50 AM | ||
| Court Upholds Decision To Block Buffalo County Frac Sand Mine | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:34:31 AM | ||
| Gas could go below $2 a gallon again this year | ||
Ken Notes: I sooo wish the national government would establish a price stabilization fund... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:33:50 AM | ||
| Celebrating the Year of Muir | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:31:36 AM | ||
| Madison gets $500K state grant to redevelop blighted Garver Feed Mill | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:28:53 AM | ||
| Today we like: tiny homes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:24:51 AM | ||
| Wisconsin DNR may buy land once eyed for nuclear plant | ||
Ken Notes: Both the buying and selling of DNR properties could present a huge opportunity for tourism by allowing the development of smaller affordable cabins and micro homes in the state. The middle class is in need of affordable options to Escape to Wisconsin... I miss this slogan by the way... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:22:51 AM | ||
| People want GMO food labeled -- but don`t know what it means | ||
Ken Notes: this could be good for Wisconsin organics... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:18:17 AM | ||
| GM buyer will inherit environment issues | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:15:52 AM | ||
| Panel to discuss water pollution | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:14:41 AM | ||
| Department of Natural Resources on verge of Lake Koshkonong water level decision | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:12:11 AM | ||
| Enbridge Reaches $177M Settlement For Kalamazoo Spill | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 10:07:02 AM | ||
| State`s environmental giants would be horrified today | ||
Ken Notes: We need a plan to change this, instead we point fingers and say shame. We need to establish a profit motive for sound environmental practice, it is there but we are to busy looking at other issues when businesses would actually be wiling to help... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 9:34:52 AM | ||
| Judge: DNR Must Regulate Large-Scale Dairy Farm | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 31 Date: 7/25/2016 9:29:47 AM | ||
| New Report: Cleaner Cars Means a Safer Climate | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:59:55 AM | ||
| Bayfield County Confronts Challenges Of Regulating A Potential CAFO | ||
Ken Notes: Wow this is one of the most beautiful areas in the State not to mention the nation. They need income and jobs but we should work to increase tourism, organic farming, aquaculture, and other options more in line with the beauty of the area. 26,000 hogs is HUGE, this is more waste than most cities in the State (see above). This article is a great unbiased read with many links that you should look at! Thanks WPR... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:57:26 AM | ||
| DNR initiates stricter manure spreading rules | ||
Ken Notes: Can I mention the groups worked together to get things moving forward! CAFOs often produce as much waste as a medium sized city yet are regulated by family farm standards. This is wrong. We MUST address this and are just now starting to move forward. Still no digestion, heating or treating the affluent, or comprehensive spreading regulations -- but it is a start! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:43:08 AM | ||
| Brave Wisconsin meeting on Enbridge pipeline well attended | ||
Ken Notes: This will be tough to stop in our current political status. I know several farmers on the current route that have said they were promised one thing and got something quite different with little or no recourse... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:35:00 AM | ||
| Can Synthetic Clays Save a World Awash in Pollution? | ||
Notes: Just a thought, what if we treated solution like cancer??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:30:03 AM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:26:00 AM | ||
| Watchdog Groups Keeping an Eye on the Lakes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:16:41 AM | ||
| Electric Bikes Figure Into California’s Zero Emissions Goals | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:15:46 AM | ||
| Unimin recognized in Green Tier program | ||
Ken Notes: Here is an attempt at working together. I am sure in it is not enough and many want the company to go away but since they are staying why not recognize what they are doing right! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:14:26 AM | ||
| Bad Data in DNR Frac Sand Dust Report | ||
Ken Notes: One more time we can place pressure on mines at the local level using local regulations. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:09:23 AM | ||
| Concerns about the Lower Wisconsin River? Take them to Ashland | ||
Ken Notes: This should be a huge issue. The lower Wisconsin is a gem with huge opportunities for recreation and tourism... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 10:06:31 AM | ||
| Environmental enforcement cases drop under Schimel`s leadership | ||
Ken Notes: This is tough we actually need less penalties and more solutions. Why are environmentalists so interested in punishing the offender rather than effecting the solutions? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 9:59:13 AM | ||
| OPINION: WI not enforcing environmental laws | ||
Ken Notes: What businesses fail to understand is when the political sands shift they can be held accountable for their past offenses with little or no recourse. We punished the paper companies for recycling paper in the 60`s for example. We need to be fair and work with business to solve or prevent problems today... We could call this in the moment environmentalism... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 9:55:01 AM | ||
| Wisconsin DOJ shrinks environmental protection unit | ||
Ken Notes: Not good... Anyone interested in creating a pro business / pro environment lobby or group?? We need fiscal conservatives who care about the environment, I feel so alone... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 30 Date: 7/18/2016 9:48:13 AM | ||
| The City of Madison has recently launched two "MadiSUN" solar energy programs. | ||
Ken Notes: Tyler here you go. I will add to MadisonNotes.com as well. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:57:33 AM | ||
| Blue-green algae concerns in Northeastern Wisconsin lakes | ||
Ken Notes: I used to sail through this it is horrible. We need to find a solution and a market for the stuff it must be good for something! P.S. Hi Jeff -- it has been too many years!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:36:48 AM | ||
| Can The Modern Environmental Movement Save Nuclear Energy In California? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:32:22 AM | ||
| Local food - means locally grown | ||
Ken Notes: Remember with a little marketing we can easily become "local" to Chicago and the Midwest. Imagine the entire Midwest market getting year round lettuce, fruit, and vegetables, not to mention dairy and meat and beer from Wisconsin instead of South America, Mexico, California, and the southern states. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:24:31 AM | ||
| Are we headed for a green revolution in food and water? | ||
Ken Notes: We are, the question is will Wisconsin lead or follow... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:17:51 AM | ||
| Investigators discovered illegal marijuana growth site in Napa County | ||
Ken Notes: Alternative title - Wisconsin farmer moves to California and has million dollar produce operation closed buy the state. I just want to see in anyone reads this far down... Email me... ken (at) kenharwood.com... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:15:57 AM | ||
| Op-Ed: Trans-Pacific Partnership good for ag | ||
Ken Notes: AND if you add organic production and growth to the mix ag will be a huge growth industry in the state. I do not understand why our legislature is not all over this.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:05:27 AM | ||
| Grant money could help residents replace lead pipes | ||
Ken Notes: EVERY community with homes built pre 1930`s needs a plan to replace these -- at the very least when road construction or sewer work is done in the area. It is far cheaper to tear everything up once than to address this by individual residences. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 11:01:55 AM | ||
| Manure Runoff Kills Fish In Northeast Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: This happens several times every year just in Wisconsin. We need to address and fix this. Even if we asked for set backs of one additional foot per year and run off abatement plans for high water events within the next decade we would be doing far more that we are today.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:55:31 AM | ||
| Loosen up cell walls and get the sugars out | ||
Ken Notes: Great read. Do not forget two other imperatives, scalability, and profitability. I remember interviewing a UW professor about producing alcohol/ethanol from corn stover in the early 90`s. He showed me a six ounce bottle that they had produced in the lab to prove it could be done. When I asked how much it cost he mentioned a million dollar grant and current projections that the cost would be hundreds of dollars a gallon. But it could be done. Others, at the exact same time, were seeking grants from local government to build plants to begin production. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:50:42 AM | ||
| DNR staffing vacancies rose again last year | ||
Ken Notes: This is a common budget trick, create or do not fill a position, and the money is just siting there. The problem is that this is not the most efficient way to run the DNR and many of the empty positions address thing that need to get done while jobs that could be reduced remain filled because cutting those would reduce the budget for next year. We never bother to address the real performance or value of a department or individual so we just play with the numbers and get very little done. If every state employee and department had to cost justify their output we would be far more productive and may spend even less. I know I am a dreamer... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:40:50 AM | ||
| Tiny houses affordable, energy-efficient and often illegal | ||
Ken Notes: I ran this last week and a number of local media outlets reprinted it which is good. This is a conversation we need to have. If we could adopt micro housing zoning that is less dense and integrated into regular neighborhoods. We want to have this NOT go the way of trailer parks, think condos, hotels, apartments, RV parks. Also micro parks / lots can be centered around a community garden, pond or storm water site, local park or trail. Zoning can create some very attractive, energy efficient, long life, destination facilities. I would like to create a Net Zero (carbon neutral), no vehicle, park near Madison serving everyone from ultra low income to those just wanting a cabin in the city. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:28:55 AM | ||
| Wisconsin offers a lot of beach choices | ||
Ken Notes: We need to use this to exponentially increase tourism in the state. We are not scratching the surface regarding the potential here. We could add billions to our revenue stream by making Wisconsin the affordable escape from Chicago it once was. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:07:46 AM | ||
| Environmentalists challenge Wisconsin DNR sand mine pollution findings | ||
Ken Notes: Communities may have a tough time defending "just say no" legislation, but sand mining can be restricted using special impact regulations addressing, infrastructure repair, noise, site reclamation, and other issues using taxes and fees that are fare more justifiable. I would be happy to discuss this with your body or group. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:02:40 AM | ||
| FOX11 Investigates wasted renewable energy costs | ||
Ken Notes: We need to find a balance here. At the 10 cent rate mentioned in the article large companies could carpet bag and become very profitable using new technology and renting space for free. This would actually raise rates for the rest of us. On the other side if we go too low and their is no incentive for utilities to produce or buy green they will continue to use coal or at best switch to natural gas, still carbon based. The solution is in the middle, use profits from coal and gas production to stimulate solar and wind production as well as research for storage or other 24/7 options. Also like computers, the cost of production is decreasing exponentially making it tough for an older turbine or solar array to stay profitable. This is not easy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 29 Date: 7/11/2016 10:00:51 AM | ||
| Take Ten: Frank Lloyd Wright sites | ||
Ken Notes: Well worth the visit! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 11:03:58 AM | ||
| Structural Insulated Panels: tracking the evolution of the 21st century building system | ||
Ken Notes: Great read and one of my favorite building systems... Note the Wisconsin roots.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 11:03:26 AM | ||
| Biggest solar project in Wisconsin goes online at coal-ash landfill | ||
Ken Notes: Welcome!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:51:29 AM | ||
Ken Notes: California? Really? Waukesha made commitment to return cleaner water than they took. The worked with the states, and environment to ensure a win win scenario. If we set the bar high enough we can and have improve the water quality in the Great Lakes. We mentioned tourism in earlier articles, we now sport fish some of the great lakes that once were so polluted you wouldn`t put a boat in the water. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:47:19 AM | ||
| Kewaunee Co. Group Calling on New Limits for Farm Manure | ||
Ken Notes: Remember to make this an economic issue at the state political level they do not want to deal with the environmental side but they get the money side... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:46:53 AM | ||
| For Wisconsin beekeepers, a question: To migrate, or not? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:44:04 AM | ||
| Should tourism support environmental protection? | ||
Ken Notes: Oh, oh, Pick me I know the answer.... YES! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:40:48 AM | ||
| Company offers environmental label for recreational vehicles | ||
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| An Ancient Squash Dodges Extinction Thanks to the Efforts of Native Americans | ||
Ken Notes: GREAT READ!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:28:37 AM | ||
| CAFO did not violate manure rules | ||
Ken Notes: Ya think we should look at changing the rules. At 3,000 plus cows these farms are larger that most cities in the state, the "rules" were developed for much smaller farms. We need to change our perspective and treat these farms like the cities they are... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:26:42 AM | ||
| Decision looms for controversial mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | ||
Ken Notes: Remember as the economy shifts, Wisconsin will again be seen as a good place to mine. Follow the money... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:21:44 AM | ||
| Environmental advocates raising awareness of dropping bee population | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:18:46 AM | ||
| In Wisconsin, debate over troubled waters | ||
Ken Notes: I remain confused, our water and air quality attract business, tourists, and residents to the state. This is GOOD for business and taxes. We cut taxes and staff so that national attention is drawn to the fact we do not care as much about water and air. This is BAD for business, tourists, and residents considering locating in Wisconsin, thus bad for taxes. I am a fiscal conservative, but I know that projecting a good image allows me to spend less while doing more. Tourism alone could eliminate many of Wisconsin`s economic shortfalls mega farms will do nothing except reduce the number of small farms, farmers and jobs. What am I missing. Use your ink to ask what our plans are for our future and demand answers... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 27 Date: 6/27/2016 10:16:14 AM | ||
| Wisconsin`s Renewable Energy Climate | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:24:31 PM | ||
| Trees are very, very good for our health. But in many cities, they’re struggling | ||
Ken Notes: We should have more plant a tree programs in communities... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:21:16 PM | ||
| Menards receives sustainability award for wood recycling plant | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:18:49 PM | ||
| Fracking produces tons of radioactive waste. What should we do with it? | ||
Notes: it is NEVER easy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:17:45 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Leads the Nation in Organic Farming | ||
Ken Notes: This should be huge news and this market is exploding. Lets all work together to promote this! | ||
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| Air quality advisory in effect in eastern Wisconsin | ||
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| Final hurdles cleared for construction of $5 million boat center in Waukegan Harbor | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:12:25 PM | ||
| States to vote on first diversion of Great Lakes water | ||
Ken Notes: I was hoping for the vote results 5pm nothing yet... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:09:48 PM | ||
| Conservation Group: Last Legislative Session Saw Worst Attacks On Environment On Record | ||
Ken Notes: Not good, not good, not good... Could we create a Hippocratic Oath for politicians I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:... I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon`s knife or the chemist`s drug. I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient`s recovery. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. Above all, I must not play at God. I will remeber that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person`s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick. I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm. If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 3:04:50 PM | ||
| Yahara pact aims to keep farm pollution out of lakes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 2:53:50 PM | ||
| Will changes that affect water incite blowback? | ||
Ken Notes: I hope this becomes a huge discussion point and all politicians realize that it is not good for our people, nor our businesses for that matter, to ignore water quality issues. I am strongly pro business and agriculture but believe we have to conduct both endeavors with our future and reasonable environmental practices in mind. It is also interesting that the companies we want to attract and grow are looking for governments that will protect the environment they live in. We need to work together to change the thinking on this, if companies really want free reign environmentally they are not looking at Wisconsin - they are looking at India, China, Mexico.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 2:52:30 PM | ||
| Low natural gas prices upend utility sector | ||
Ken Notes: There is a long term balance here as well as foreign prices rise, and the will, domestic prices become cost effective. The downside is you have to frac to get it... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 2:38:30 PM | ||
| Our view: DNR needs to protect our groundwater | ||
Ken Notes: Great read... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 26 Date: 6/20/2016 2:35:00 PM | ||
| Yahara pact aims to keep farm pollution out of lakes | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 12:03:47 PM | ||
| Volunteers clean river | ||
Ken Notes: THANK YOU! Share/Reprint this story... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:59:50 AM | ||
| Conservation groups challenge Wisconsin`s authority to divert millions of gallons of Lake Michigan water to Waukesha | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:57:40 AM | ||
| Evergreen Credit Union lives up to its name | ||
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| Environmentalists, Shipping Industry At Odds On House Ballast Water Bill | ||
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| Midwest States Target Algae Blooms in Waterways | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:51:20 AM | ||
| DNR adopts opinion, won’t consider wells’ cumulative effects | ||
Ken Notes: We are quick to hold businesses responsible for environmental damage attributed to past practice and policy -- what if the DNR (due to legislative pressure) gets this wrong and there are environmental consequences??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:45:47 AM | ||
| Goats munch on invasive species in Ottawa parks | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:40:57 AM | ||
Ken Notes: he did get the business environment connection... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:37:23 AM | ||
| Can a high-speed rail line from Rochester to the Twin Cities be built without any public money? | ||
Ken Notes: I still like a corridor from Chicago to the Twin Cities, both freight and passenger traffic wold benefit and the economic development potential would be huge! We fail to realize that eCommerce will begin to sell refrigerators, cars, and even homes like they now sell clothes and electronics -- but how does it get from distribution the door steep cost effectually.... hmmmmmmmm... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:33:02 AM | ||
| Energy storage for renewables can be a good investment today, study finds | ||
Ken Notes: Wisconsin could be the next Silicon Valley if we focused on new storage technologies and battery tech. This industry will be exponentially larger than computers and has only just begun... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:24:56 AM | ||
| New questions raised on how Wisconsin will protect lakes, drinking water | ||
Ken Notes: and once again we failed to ask the dairy/cafo industry to work with us on these issues. The farmers are actually laughing at us because as long as we are fighting they get a free pass... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:20:10 AM | ||
| Wisconsin’s conservation laws must be enforced | ||
Ken Notes: What Julie and her colleagues fail to identify is the economic benefit of environmental stewardship that will bring enough votes to a pro environmental agenda. We need to grow tourism and jobs. We need to work with companies willing to help the environment as long as they can continue to do business in Wisconsin. As long as environmental causes are anti jobs, growth, and corporate survival they will continue to see a conservative agenda working to limit their efforts. I know that this can change but not as long as those wanting change continue to blame those who can effect it. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 25 Date: 6/13/2016 11:15:43 AM | ||
| WPPI renewables plan draws praise from Clean Wisconsin | ||
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| New east side apartment building is green from top to bottom | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:46:00 AM | ||
| Get outside: 30x30 Nature Challenge takes off, expands around country | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:44:59 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Power Provider Seeks 100 MW Of Renewable Energy | ||
Ken Notes: This is interesting, with no political pressure who are the power companies responding to. I suggest businesses are on board looking for long term stability in the marketplace. They could clearly pressure utilities to abandon searches for greener power because these companies must ultimately respond to their stock holders. Hmmmmm I may not be as dumb as I thought and clearly not as dumb as many of our elected officials... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:42:15 AM | ||
| State help sought on Wood County water quality | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:41:43 AM | ||
| Harvesting data: Farmers go digital | ||
Ken Notes: Here is another area, like business, that we can work WITH to improve much... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:41:13 AM | ||
| La Crosse Area Group Reveals New Plan To Protect Region`s Bluffs | ||
Ken Notes: This is a beautiful area... | ||
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| State officials spar on plan to siphon Lake Mich. water | ||
Ken Notes: One more time -- This is a great opportunity to discuss urban water treatment, conservation, and best use practices. Demand Waukesha demonstrate the highest standards in these areas and geiv them the water -- WIN WIN.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:35:57 AM | ||
Ken Notes: CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:32:45 AM | ||
| Audit: Wisconsin failing to monitor wastewater | ||
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| Feingold Promises To Make Environment A Central Issue Of Campaign | ||
Ken Notes: I want these issues discussed but politics make it so divided. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 24 Date: 6/6/2016 10:18:47 AM | ||
| Fines for polluters in Wisconsin drop 78% in one year, records show The DNR issued violation notices in 2014 against the operators of a Dane County | ||
Ken Notes: My dreams of a bi-partisan pro environment movement in the state are dying quickly. Still when I talk to business leaders they want to work together for a better environment, they want to find real long term solutions, they want a DNR and EPA (not to mention environmental advocacy groups) that also understands the financial side of business. If we fail to work together now a legislative swing will return us to policy that forces business to leave the state. If we think the yo-yo policy approach is good for business I need to shut down WDNGreen, which would make my wife happy because it loses money anyway... Please email me your thoughts... | ||
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| More stories same topic | ||
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| `Green building` explained at LWV lunch | ||
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| Business information and analysis about Seniors Housing What Senior Living Gets Wrong about Sustainable Design | ||
Ken Notes: Very interesting... | ||
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| Sustainable Leadership Award | ||
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| Yahara Pride Farms recognized for sustainability, stewardship | ||
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| OPINION: GOP puts business, not science, in control of state`s water | ||
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| It’s time to invest in the Wisconsin Idea | ||
Ken Notes: We are loosing direction here! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/17/2016 6:11:31 AM | ||
| Rally highlights need for frac sand mining ban | ||
Ken Notes: Sand is huge money when in demand... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/17/2016 6:07:38 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Attorney General Clips DNR`s Powers Over Wells | ||
Ken Notes: This is not good! Even if we need the wells, the DNR`s input is the safety valve that ensures they are safe circumventing this is not good for the environment and business. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/17/2016 6:01:10 AM | ||
| Lake Michigan levels stage big comeback from 2013 lows | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/17/2016 5:43:35 AM | ||
| Students get hands-on experience at environmental field day | ||
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| Antifreeze found in the drinking water at Addison Elementary School | ||
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| Wildlife laws ignored in Great Lakes pipeline plan, lawsuit claims | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/17/2016 5:38:24 AM | ||
| Study finds thousands of artifacts at Wisconsin golf site | ||
Ken Notes: I think a course may have the least impact on the land, better than homes or farms. They are allowing the digs, find what you can and let Kohler preserve the beauty of the natural landscape. Ask for a center to display the artifacts and educate the public as to the historic significance of the land. The economics here is an issue, why not work together on this so in the end there is no huge winner or looser... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 10:13:02 AM | ||
| Wisconsin frac sand industry weathering economic storm, looking for hope in rebounding oil prices | ||
Ken Notes: Remember frack sand lands are like a good bank account, the pay when you need it most and the profit is highest... | ||
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| Local companies nominated for environment award | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:56:22 AM | ||
| Kewaunee County water issue continues | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:54:26 AM | ||
| Information About Hazardous Materials Passing Along Railways Not Released To Public | ||
Ken Notes: And yet we fight track improvements? I am not sure I understand... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:52:17 AM | ||
| Controversy on Wisconsin-Iowa border as frac sand mine, No. 1 in violations, seeks to expand | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:51:53 AM | ||
| Appeals Court upholds denial of frack sand mine permit | ||
Ken Notes: I am still on the side of tougher regulations, the just say no approach will not work when the economic cash flow returns to the industry... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:51:22 AM | ||
| Construction of course by Whistling Straits may be slowed by artifacts | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:47:44 AM | ||
| Counties Finding Shoreland Zoning Changes Cumbersome | ||
Ken Notes: This law was lobby driven and most likely written which means it will have loopholes the developers can use. It is too bad the communities and counties could not have been at the table to discuss the details. I was actually the last Local Government Liaison for Wisconsin and I left in 2004ish... | ||
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| Who Gets to Drink From the Great Lakes? | ||
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| Wisconsin Lt. Governor tours Western | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 10:18:21 AM | ||
| Going for green: Wisconsin power companies look to renewables | ||
Ken Notes: READ THIS... We need to keep the dialogue open and work with the companies to advance these issues. Do NOT point fingers, reach out and shake a hand and ask how can we help. Wisconsin could lead in this shift but we have little or no political cover so working with the actual providers is the best option. Companies could lead the charge here --- here is what we want, what we can afford, and what we are willing to do to help. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 10:09:50 AM | ||
| VIDEO: Waukesha seeks large diversion from Lake Michigan | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 10:07:24 AM | ||
| Bill Expanding Waterfront Property Rights Gets Walker`s Signature | ||
Ken Notes: All I can say is that it could have been far worse... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 10:04:39 AM | ||
| Pollinator protection plan debuts | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 9:34:13 AM | ||
| Expanding Clayton County sand mine would pose low risk, professor says | ||
Ken Notes: Since economics dictates that mines are not going away. we need a statewide policy and environmental standards to address the issues and regulate the mines. Also there is substantial impact on the infrastructure that should be addresses. I find it interesting that rail, a private industry, has improved tracks across the country using sand revenues but roads, a public commodity, get little or no assistance. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 9:27:21 AM | ||
| Cooperative provides `Solar for Schools` | ||
Ken Notes: cool! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 9:11:16 AM | ||
| UWM professor’s startup takes aim at fire blight | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 9:08:58 AM | ||
| LCV`s Karpinski says Clinton most effective on advancing new energy economy; state races to shape power plan`s future | ||
Ken Notes: How can we make environmental issues a non-partisan issue in this election? We need commitments from both sides to further the movement in the renewable direction. What if we could get the 10% of the electorate that will shift the election?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 8:52:20 AM | ||
| Bacteria in state`s drinking water is `public health crisis` | ||
Ken Notes: Tough to solve, much easier to prevent... We need to focus on farm tech which by the way could provide jobs and revenue for the state if we take the lead here. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 19 Date: 5/2/2016 8:45:59 AM | ||
| Chippewa Valley Technical College receives awards for its green practices | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 9:10:51 AM | ||
| State`s Largest Municipal Solar Project Underway In Dane County | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 9:08:53 AM | ||
| Beer made by wind power coming to Wisconsin brewery | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 9:07:45 AM | ||
| Fort McCoy Natural Resources Branch selected as Army`s | ||
Ken Notes: Hooah!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:43:40 AM | ||
| OPINION: It`s time to end glass recycling in Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: Again AN OPINION, not MY opinion, but this is a good read for a professional in the recycling business... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:37:44 AM | ||
| Quebec contemplates home EV charging station mandate | ||
Ken Notes: Shhhhh, don`t tell The Madison City Council... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:29:15 AM | ||
| US Senate reauthorizes controversial DOE green car loan program | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:27:30 AM | ||
| GM wants to have 10 plug-in models in China in five years | ||
Ken Notes: One more time China is positioning itself to leapfrog technology and become the world leader when electric drive becomes the standard. Consider it like this, What if you could have had a monopoly of flat screen TV`s say 20 years ago... Hmmmmmmm.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:26:11 AM | ||
| Fiat diesels might also cheat emissions tests | ||
Ken Notes: Arghhhhhh.... diesels get great mileage and are now reduced to do not buy status because the manufacturers built to the tests not the best engine for the vehicle and the environment... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:21:33 AM | ||
| Job growth to get more competitive, regional planners say | ||
Notes: WOW I have been preaching this sermon for 8 years now, I thought no one was listening... Please share this link and rewrite this story it HAS to be told! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:14:49 AM | ||
| OPINION: U.S. can meet Paris climate goals, with or without the Supreme Court | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 8:12:48 AM | ||
| EDITORIAL: Factory farms cause thousands in rural Wisconsin to go without clean water | ||
Ken Notes: I am not sure this article is fact based is is definitely anti CAFO. I have never been a huge fan but I want to get the FACTS correct rather than use scare tactics that give the legislatures ground cover to approve these facilities. We need stronger regulations and waste treatment that improves the environment. I like digestors that treat (heat) the effluent while producing power. Properly treated the waste becomes a marketable commodity. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 7:34:23 AM | ||
| Developer must take unusual step of measuring stormwater pollution | ||
Ken Notes: One of my favorite topics is storm water retention. Done right these facilities can offer architecturally great amenities while improving water quality. We need to work more with designers and developers to add both beauty and function to our developments. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 7:24:45 AM | ||
| Midlands Voices: Let’s not write off nuclear power | ||
Ken Notes: Every time I run a story on this both sides light up my email. This is a good thing, because until we debate the issues we will not find the solutions. So keep talking until we get it perfect. I especially like the tiny reactor discussions, again that is not an endorsements, it is a discussion point... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 7:20:08 AM | ||
| Viroqua receives $7 million to support sewer system upgrades | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 7:15:27 AM | ||
| How a Wisconsin politician changed the scope of environmental legislation in the U.S. | ||
Ken Notes: I want to challenge our current Governor and legislature to create a 2016 Environmental Legacy Project. A New Park, Law, Program, Fund, or Other investment of public funds, not now in existence, that betters Wisconsin`s Environmental Legacy and is worthy of global attention. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/25/2016 7:01:57 AM | ||
| Milorganite: The Essence of Earth Day | ||
Ken Notes: Interesting... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 11:08:13 AM | ||
| Energy planning around the US | ||
Ken Notes: GREAT READ, Lots of research and ideas here. Thanks Judy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 11:07:24 AM | ||
| Groups Seek to Update Green Building Standards | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 11:05:07 AM | ||
| OPINION: Be an environmental steward — plant a tree | ||
Ken Notes: YEP!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:53:42 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame to induct two | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:50:28 AM | ||
| Did you know? Earth Day factoids | ||
Ken Notes: READ AND SHARE THIS!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:47:52 AM | ||
| Earth Day plants the seed for environmental care | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:44:02 AM | ||
| OPINION: We need a moon-shot for the environment more than ever | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:43:07 AM | ||
| Why Water Quality Education Is Important | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:34:08 AM | ||
| Handmade wind turbine is focal point of Earth-minded church service | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:29:52 AM | ||
| Kewaunee Co. residents discuss water contamination concerns | ||
Ken Notes: We over use and pay little attention to the aquifer, we will be eventually treating ground water to the same extent we now treat surface water. At that time we will all stand around blaming each other, just like now.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:28:20 AM | ||
| A call for activism | ||
Ken Notes: He was correct, but we have done anything but sticking to the facts and presenting them clearly. We are all about the dramatic thought. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:21:42 AM | ||
| Earth Day then and now | ||
Ken Notes: I sooooo wish Wisconsin could return to it`s leadership role regarding environmental issues... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:15:02 AM | ||
| Earth Day events have begun | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:12:01 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Waukesha Visits Michigan To Discuss Environmental Issues | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 17 Date: 4/18/2016 10:08:19 AM | ||
| A Tesla for the rest of us - the Model 3 | ||
Ken Notes: We need far more innovation and new tech here at the pace of the PC would be nice. I once sold an 8 Megabyte hard drive for $6,000... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 10:35:58 AM | ||
| For Better Outcomes, Let`s Reward Utilities for Performance | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 10:34:26 AM | ||
| Restoration projects announced for Green Bay area | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 10:32:07 AM | ||
| Groups Warn Landowners of - Line 66 - Impact | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 10:29:33 AM | ||
Ken Notes: It is not to late to create a simple event, presentation or forward a good idea. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:50:14 AM | ||
| OPINION: Mother Earth needs our help | ||
Ken Notes: I tend to agree.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:46:19 AM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:44:54 AM | ||
| Festival Foods helps Madison neighborhood take another step forward | ||
Ken Notes: A place to shop closer to home also plays a key role.... Also not the rafters and support columns.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:43:53 AM | ||
| New law cuts funding for energy efficiency program | ||
Ken Notes: I do get nervous when the best coverage of this issue is coming from a campus newspaper (The Badger Herald). Attention news outlets. Research this issue and write about it our future will be impacted by what you say. And to Emily Hamer of The Badger Herald, I say thank you! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:33:06 AM | ||
| Lead in drinking water is stubborn problem for dozens of places like Lake Mills | ||
Ken Notes: Again this is an infrastructure issue. Most if not all pre or early 1900 homes have lead water mains. Even much of the oldest community water system is lead. Some communities like Madison have replaced these systems. Others use treatment options to coat the interior of the pipe. We need to fix the problem but it is expensive and we are a litigious society with no one to sue. We started a replacement program in Neenah in 2000, but it is an easy budget item to adjust so almost 20 year later Neenah makes the list for having a problem. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:27:43 AM | ||
| Madison Becomes National Example For Avoiding Water Crisis Like Flint | ||
Ken Notes: see... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:26:28 AM | ||
| OPINION: Enbridge pipeline should not expand into Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: My fear is that our rail infrastructure that moves much of the oil now is even worse that the pipeline. We are in a no win situation. I would like to see far better infrastructure in place that could move people, freight, and, if it must move, oil. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 16 Date: 4/11/2016 9:10:18 AM | ||
| Logan Airport Garages Dynamic Facade Features 48,000 Metal Panels Finished by Linetec | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 12:05:08 PM | ||
| Hydropower Energy Facts | ||
Ken Notes: NOT Advocating, just found this article very interesting! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:55:18 AM | ||
| Sustainability vs. convenience: Enbridge pipeline projects could have big environmental impact | ||
Ken Notes: Is it just me or does anyone else find it interesting that we actually post -attack here- signs for terrorists. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:48:59 AM | ||
| Walker gives green light to Wisconsin nukes | ||
Ken Notes: Just minor details... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:44:37 AM | ||
| Petersheims use philosophy on soil to build outstanding farm | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:42:29 AM | ||
| PACE financing allows commercial buildings to increase energy efficiency | ||
Ken Notes: We need to work with all Wisconsin communities to get programs started. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:40:48 AM | ||
| The Beauty of Science | ||
Ken Notes: Can you guess the image with out the article or pic name??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:31:07 AM | ||
| Celebrate Earth Day And Arbor Day - Plant A Tree | ||
Ken Notes: Attention Wisconsin Media we need to do stories on/for these dates. Earth Day is April 22 and Arbor Day April 29. I will be happy to do a free op-ed or story for your publication if you need one... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:27:15 AM | ||
| Xcel Energy asks for $17.4 million electric rate increase | ||
Notes: I thought the new rate structure was supposed to address the infrastructure issues. With fracking and low cost oil rates gas is at a multi year low production cost wise, and supplies are up. I also question whether these infrastructure improvements will be used to move power from the west through the state to points southeast If that is the case we (Wisconsin) should NOT be paying for it. I am very worried Xcel Power will be sold to companies servicing other markets. The wind, gas and solar power is from points west -- want to raise rates create the energy AND JOBS here in the state. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 11:19:55 AM | ||
| State zapped by electric rates | ||
Ken Notes: So we insulate better, use more LED and florescent lighting, use low e and multi pane glass, have better building codes and pay more per unit of power? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 10:52:54 AM | ||
| Eco impact of invasives on Great Lakes underestimated | ||
Ken Notes: A Must read! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 10:47:59 AM | ||
| Alliant Energy power plant approved 3-0 | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 15 Date: 4/4/2016 10:46:11 AM | ||
| Teacher named Energy Educator of the Year | ||
Notes: Yea!!! Congrats... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 12:08:10 PM | ||
| EPA grant to fund pilot stewardship program | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 12:06:46 PM | ||
| Report finds massive under-investment in nation’s school buildings | ||
Ken Notes: Wisconsin actually does an OK job here. In fact many schools have recently improved their infrastructures. We do have funding discrepancies that need to be addressed but we can get this done if we work at it... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 12:02:50 PM | ||
| Wisconsin To Add 1,000 Clean Energy Jobs This Year | ||
Ken Notes: WPR found the bright side??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 11:43:16 AM | ||
| With Scalia`s Death, Walker Says He'll Monitor State`s Challenge Of Federal Climate Change Rules | ||
Ken Notes: I will try again, I believe Wisconsin should move toward the new goals and challenge the rules where economic hardship or feasibility is in question. We go from just say NO to leading by example while balancing mandated policy with sound economics. I am willing we can make substantial improvements before we hit the obstacles many say are there. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 11:42:08 AM | ||
| Wisconsin ranks last in Midwest clean energy jobs | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 14 Date: 3/28/2016 10:01:56 AM | ||
| Unsafe lead found in Rudolph, Merrill schools | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 12:08:58 PM | ||
| Vogel Bros. Building celebrates years of service | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:59:11 AM | ||
| UWSP science building ground breaking set for May 5 | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:56:51 AM | ||
| Groundwater ordinance, manure irrigation focus of Land and Water meeting | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:49:09 AM | ||
| Enbridge pipeline project fuels concerns | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:47:06 AM | ||
| Barring Plastic Bag Bans, Another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy | ||
Ken Notes: You may want to weigh in on these issues... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:45:49 AM | ||
| Devil`s Lake State Park No. 5 in nation | ||
Ken Notes: WOW!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:40:04 AM | ||
| Child lead testing erratic in Wisconsin | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 11:38:51 AM | ||
| Flint shows need for sensors anyone can use to monitor drinking water | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 10:42:52 AM | ||
| Federal legislation a threat to wolves and wilderness | ||
Ken Notes: I always get lots of feed back when I suggest these beautiful animals need protection and should be limited to the most rural areas in the state so as not to interfere with farms or domestic animals. I can support trap and relocate programs. I hope to go hunting with my camera this summer... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 10:41:43 AM | ||
| OPINION: State of environmental protection would upset Gaylord Nelson | ||
Ken Notes: We need leadership on environmental protection that, like Gaylord, understands business and can get things done. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 10:18:36 AM | ||
| Egg farm faces legal action over wastewater spill | ||
Ken Notes: We have to address mega farms NOW rather than wait for disasters that will take years to clean up. Bring the companies to the table, sit down and draft workable legislation that protects our waterways, wells, and land today! The EPA/DNR solution is not a solution. We can do this. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 10:14:40 AM | ||
| DNR offers draft non-metallic mining permits for public comment | ||
Notes:Speak NOW or forever hold your... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 10:03:15 AM | ||
| The Making of a World Champion Cheese | ||
Notes: Congrats to Roth, and we should note that the environmental factors is southwest Wisconsin are gaining worldwide attention. Alas if we do not support this we will loose the organic, grass feed opportunities that abound. P.S. There will be a global market for our artisanal beer, cheese, and beef if we work on marketing these products. How? Milk Marketing Board! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 9:50:46 AM | ||
| 2 Television recycling costs weigh heavy on state law | ||
Ken Notes: It is almost too late to realize that many of these ended up in our landfill sites already. But there are still many in our basements and people debate, should I pay or just find a big bag. We need a far better educational program here.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 13 Date: 3/21/2016 9:39:13 AM | ||
| Chick-fil-A restaurants open in Oak Creek, Racine on March 10th | ||
Ken Notes: Well done! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 11:10:59 AM | ||
| New wind farm coming to Lafayette County brings boost to WI wind energy industry | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 11:02:20 AM | ||
| Mayor`s view: Waukesha pursues only reasonable option | ||
Ken Notes: Hear him out, he makes very good points! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:54:52 AM | ||
| Raising awareness is 1st step to helping bees | ||
Ken Notes: Attention media, this is worth looking into. We need to talk about this issue and working together on solutions. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:50:56 AM | ||
| Gravel Gardens Are A Win-Win, Horticulturist Says | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:45:27 AM | ||
| 5 things Wisconsin manufacturers should know about the Food Safety Modernization Act | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:43:45 AM | ||
| Enbridge Pipeline Expansion Study Draws Mixed Response At Public Hearings | ||
Ken Notes: I have met with a few property owners who have said they did not get what the were told regarding their land use for the current line. How can we establish a property rights advocacy group that can deal with these companies without having to hire a lawyer and enter an unsympathetic court system. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:34:50 AM | ||
| Wind power`s Wisconsin dry spell may be ending | ||
Ken Notes: Not to rain on the parade, but we still have a legislative majority that questions the value of this. We need to educate the public and their elected officials as to the value of wind in a proactive and positive way... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:29:43 AM | ||
| PSC Approves Madison Gas & Electric Community Solar | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:24:20 AM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:13:37 AM | ||
| Environmental Groups Call on EPA for Clean Water in Kewaunee County | ||
Ken Notes: We need to act, but I am not sure this is JUST an EPA problem. With the political cluster mess that is our presidential campaign, we may need to start solving our own problems with our own resources. These organizations should use their resources to develop a workable, affordable, and implementable plan. Kewaunee County residents should stop waiting and start doing. I can tell you that many areas IN Wisconsin have had to deal with water quality issues, lead pipe, treatment, deep wells, and more. The time to act is now but without a plan what are we asking for??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 10:10:46 AM | ||
| WMC accepting Business Friend of the Environment nominations through March 18 | ||
Ken Notes: Someone nominate WDNGreen.com - That would be interesting! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 9:57:33 AM | ||
| Wisconsin adopts innovative environmental remediation law | ||
Ken Notes: This will require the test of time and a dedicated effort to improving our waters not just developing them. There was a lot in the legislation and I always remember a friend telling me -- You know Ken, rat poison is 97% stuff rats love! That is why it works so well... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 9:56:00 AM | ||
| Wisconsin`s environment is at a crossroads | ||
Ken Notes: I agree that we have lost direction and a bipartisan love for the things that make Wisconsin so special... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 12 Date: 3/14/2016 9:49:19 AM | ||
| GREEN Industry in Full Bloom for Eco-Friendly Automotive Franchise, Awards New Franchises in Two States | ||
Ken Notes: Will Wisconsin miss this trend?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 11:09:29 AM | ||
| OPINION: Another attempt to privatize our waters | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:59:20 AM | ||
| Plastic Bag Bans Hurt Businesses And Consumers, Says GOP Lawmaker | ||
Ken Notes: And of course this is a partisan issue... Why??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:57:08 AM | ||
| OPINION: Time to set record straight on environment | ||
Ken Notes: Know thy enemy! This is the type of over simplistic hyperbole that allows the great divide between the parties and people. Read and correct without attack.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:53:56 AM | ||
| Clean Wisconsin to host Epicurean Evening Milwaukee event in June | ||
Ken Notes: Can you hook a broke editor up???? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:34:16 AM | ||
| Conflict between neighbors highlights limits of pollution regulation | ||
Ken Notes: We have to work WITH farmers to prevent this! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:32:05 AM | ||
| Conservationist surprised with lifetime award from Wisconsin Outdoor News | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:15:10 AM | ||
| 5 takeaways from the Democratic debate | ||
Ken Notes: Budgets require legislative approval though... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:13:39 AM | ||
| Enbridge pipeline plan in northern Wisconsin prompts concerns | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:10:02 AM | ||
| Radium levels rise in Wisconsin tap water | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 10:08:54 AM | ||
| Renew Wisconsin on Lafayette Wind | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 11 Date: 3/7/2016 9:46:29 AM | ||
| Environmental group threatens lawsuit over Mackinac pipeline | ||
Ken Notes: Ever noticed that the real winners on environmental issues are always the lawyers... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:42:54 AM | ||
| Rewriting the rules | ||
Ken Notes: I remember as well. With the new legislative mindset we will have to demonstrate the positive economic impact of Wisconsin`s environment. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:40:44 AM | ||
| Wisconsin needs certainty on high-capacity wells | ||
Ken Notes: I agree, but we need to trade our water access in the state for excellence in environment practices on the farm. Why we do not work together on this escapes me.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:39:11 AM | ||
| Outpost Natural Foods in Mequon earns green certification | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:36:11 AM | ||
| Wetlands filling up northeast Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: It is amazing how how quickly they come back. We should focus on a small set back for all waterways in the state in exchange for development. Also farms with larger waste facilities need a large trenched setback... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:34:10 AM | ||
| Number of polluted waters in state, counties continue to rise | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:15:21 AM | ||
| Environment is very important to many voters | ||
Ken Notes: We need a new party... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:14:22 AM | ||
| Administrative Rules Bill Divides Wisconsin Business Groups | ||
Ken Notes: This is tough because the unelected bureaucrats are often less influenced by partisanship and economic contributions. They also often have the educational support to draft better policy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:08:18 AM | ||
| DNR might allow some firms to draft own environmental permits | ||
Ken Notes: I am actually OK with the "Draft" part. Review, approval, enforcement are the issues I am concerned with... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 8:01:02 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Ojibwe Stress Environmental Unity at State of the Tribes Address | ||
Ken Notes: Wow I agree 100% and the note that the economy is actually dependent on these issues is huge. I wonder if we could work with the tribes is areas like ecotourism?? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 10 Date: 2/29/2016 7:57:08 AM | ||
| OPINION: Midwest Environmental Advocates: Great Lakes governors should reject Waukesha`s water grab | ||
Ken Notes: Again I am not in the just say no camp. I suggest raising the bar to improve water quality to a level that sets a benchmark for new users.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:44:17 AM | ||
| Common good not a priority for GOP leaders | ||
Ken Notes: We are far too busy pointing fingers rather than educating business and the electorate. To effect change requires a seat at the table. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:43:29 AM | ||
| Business Friend of the Environment Award | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:42:58 AM | ||
| Tesla Model S Radio Flyer: Ludicrous mode for junior | ||
Ken Notes: I want one... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:35:16 AM | ||
| Hyundai Ioniq targets Prius, but not in sales | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:31:33 AM | ||
| New Study Finds Global Green Building Expected To Double By 2018 | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:28:40 AM | ||
| Makeover yields modern $1.5M house on Old Mission Peninsula | ||
Ken notes: Check out the photos.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:25:46 AM | ||
| Assembly passes bill loosening regulations on high-capacity wells | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:08:43 AM | ||
| Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters` Statement | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:07:19 AM | ||
| National Register adds Rice Bay | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 10:06:41 AM | ||
| Education is the key to public understanding ag | ||
Ken Notes: I learned a great deal working in Lafayette County for three years. Number one farmers and the state don`t talk to each other they talk at each other... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 9:59:00 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Welcomed Two Kimberly-Clark Corp. Buildings, Both in Neenah, as Tier 1 Structures in the Agency`s Green Ti | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 9:49:58 AM | ||
| Wisconsin`s Pollinator Protection Plan Gets A Skeptical Reception | ||
Ken Notes: We need to do something, seemingly trivial to some, our bee population is like a canary in a mine, their demise may very well signal a greater threat. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 9 Date: 2/22/2016 9:43:14 AM | ||
| OPINION: Dirty business in Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: Some finger pointing here which I try not to do, but I do support to a bipartisan approach to a better environment for our future... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:40:42 AM | ||
| Walleye rearing: Agency assists tribe | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:37:10 AM | ||
| High-Capacity Well Overhaul Dead This Session, Says GOP Sponsor | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:34:19 AM | ||
| Cassville`s former power plants are poised for regeneration | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:32:32 AM | ||
| Michigan leaders oppose Wisconsin town`s Great Lakes diversion request | ||
Notes: The plot thickens.. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:31:10 AM | ||
| Wisconsin`s John Muir | ||
Ken Notes: I am sooo glad this is on the road. I hope to catch it soon... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:28:17 AM | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:26:15 AM | ||
| Pilot program set to equip stewards of land, water in St. Croix River region | ||
Ken Notes: CONGRATS.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:23:30 AM | ||
| Miller Park may get parking structure to make up for spaces lost to Stadium Interchange project | ||
Ken Notes: Why not a shuttle system (see link above) along the Hank Aaron trail from Miller park to State Fair Park. Would work both ways and would be a demonstration source for environmentally efficient transit systems... Share this with someone from Milwaukee Transit, DOT, or State Fair park.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:18:10 AM | ||
Ken Notes: What a great photo! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 10:00:57 AM | ||
Ken Notes: This is VERY interesting. This is in Illinois but I see this happening regarding great lakes and other watersheds in the state... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:57:34 AM | ||
| Walker, Wisconsin officials applaud US Supreme Court decision to stay Clean Power Plan | ||
Ken Notes: And now it gets real political... Which is too bad, Wisconsin has an opportunity to demonstrate how to balance the EPA mandate with sound economic policy by identifying the actual problems with the mandates and challenging specifics while trying to comply. This is clearly throwing the baby out with the bath water... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:47:19 AM | ||
| In pursuit of sustainability, companies sending waste to La Crosse | ||
Ken Notes: Good read... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:40:29 AM | ||
| New Auburn student conquers Asperger`s syndrome | ||
Ken Notes: Not exactly environmental, but I love the role the outdoors played in this story. Please share this with those you know wh may not otherwise see this... I am guessing the Chippewa Herald is not mainstream media but this story should be! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:38:24 AM | ||
| Waukesha water request gets look from Great Lakes states, provinces | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:31:52 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Assembly approves bill changing shoreline development, dredging regulations | ||
Ken Notes: The idea that this is totally partisan scares me. I also believe we could have accomplished much the same thing AND included actual shoreline improvements and source point pollution restrictions at the same time. Why not trade a buffer zone for the ability to modify your shoreline -- win win.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 8 Date: 2/15/2016 9:29:44 AM | ||
| Best of Green Schools 2016 call for nominations | ||
| Ken Notes: Lets represent Wisconsin well share this story with school administrators and educators today.. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 12:28:25 PM | ||
| Wisconsin officials voice disapproval over federal Clean Power Plan | ||
Ken Notes: Nice review and update... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 12:06:26 PM | ||
| Opinion: Renewables offer more promise | ||
Ken Notes: We agree but how we get there requires some real thought... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 12:05:51 PM | ||
| Wisconsin sees biggest year for solar power in 2015 | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:59:25 AM | ||
| DEQ will hold public meetings tomorrow on a proposal to divert water from Lake Michigan | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:55:49 AM | ||
| Important Lithium Battery Component Harms Environment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:51:50 AM | ||
| Apostle Islands National Lakeshore could be connected by National Marine Sanctuary | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:49:06 AM | ||
| Bills loosening dredging requirements may impact area | ||
Ken Notes: Again I am very concerned that something this important will pass on a solely partisan vote. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:44:03 AM | ||
| The CNG shift: How solid waste companies are saving time, money, and the environment | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:41:47 AM | ||
| Okray Farms Presented With NPCs 2015 Environmental Stewardship Award | ||
Ken Notes: Congrats! cool video... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/8/2016 11:38:55 AM | ||
| Here is What It Takes to Land Your Sustainability Dream Job | ||
Ken Notes: Please share this with the Governor and legislature... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 3:05:27 PM | ||
| Eau Claire Sustainable efforts awarded | ||
Ken Notes: Every community should do this! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 3:02:43 PM | ||
| Ayres names new leaders | ||
Ken Notes: These guys do great work on Environmental assessment and remediation among other things. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:59:33 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Assembly votes to lift barrier to new nukes | ||
Ken Notes: I do not know what to say.... We don`t like solar or wind even though they are now affordable and efficient but nuclear is now a good idea???? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:49:29 PM | ||
| EPA finds 75 issues with Wisconsin`s water management | ||
Ken Notes: We tend to reinvent the wheel a great deal in Wisconsin. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:44:27 PM | ||
| Lead pipes, antiquated law threaten Wisconsin`s drinking water quality | ||
Ken Notes: This should be resolved over time and cautiously but it should be resolved. Any older home is at some risk and the utilities rely on chemical reactions in the pipe walls to protect the water. When water supplies change the reactions can be reversed which is what happened in Flint and could happen here. Don`t over react just start to react... FYI as a former mayor, if most of us saw where are water came from (i.e. pipes and treatment) few would drink it. But our engineers and treatment plant operators are some of the best in the world... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:42:25 PM | ||
| Work Continues To Close Penokee Hills Mining Site | ||
Ken Notes: The site was placed on hold due to economics not politics, or best use, or pressure from environmental groups. The permits, laws, and clear path to development are all still in place. Right now the site is money in the bank for Gogebic Taconite, worth hundreds of millions if the economy shifts again... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:32:42 PM | ||
| Shawano realtor tapped to head Wisconsin`s Natural Resources Board | ||
Ken Notes: I have a question, should large political contributors be banned from serving in appointed policy positions? It is just a question not a statement. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:26:42 PM | ||
| Supreme Court upholds energy conservation program | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:21:07 PM | ||
| OPINION: Aquaculture bill violates public`s trust | ||
Ken Notes: some more thoughts on the issue... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:18:58 PM | ||
| Fish farm proposal worries some | ||
Ken Notes: This may be the problem with a majority in all the branches of state government. Those who are asking the questions can be ignored based on party not the actual value of the question. It may be the job of the press and the citizens to ensure we are passing good laws for the long term. I am an advocate for new agriculture and fish farms are in this class, but lets get this right regarding balance and the environment.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:16:24 PM | ||
| Menomonie students raise trout, learn about fish habitats | ||
Ken Notes: The Driftless area trout streams are an underutilized natural resource in Wisconsin. I have long been an advocate for ecotourism and using our natural resources to attract tourists and create jobs in the state. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:09:27 PM | ||
| John Muir exhibit to make Sun Prairie stop | ||
Ken Notes: He also built some cool stuff like this clock.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 2:07:45 PM | ||
| Environmental groups seek to ban Wisconsin coyote hunting | ||
Ken Notes: I have to agree with the need for a ban. I actually cried when I heard about the pets being shot in Fitchburg. If we have a serious problem we need a better solution or solutions. I have never had a problem with taking game for food and I thing some hunting is good for both the environment and tourism. I am not sure I can make the leap to hunting wolves and Coyotes for sport. These are beautiful animals that are best hunted with a telephoto lens... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 6 Date: 2/1/2016 1:54:42 PM | ||
| http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/electric-cars-could-be-charged-just-15-minutes-using-new-intermediate-storage-system-1539999 | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 11:18:20 AM | ||
| New electric school bus is an absolute game-changer | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 11:00:10 AM | ||
| Manitowoc Recycling Center adjusts charges | ||
Ken Notes: This is a huge issue, we need to figure out what to do with all of these units because all of them are waste as new tech has taken over... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:47:13 AM | ||
| Repeal nuclear moratorium — but don`t expect new power plants in Wisconsin | ||
Notes: Great read! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:43:38 AM | ||
| State Sierra Club executive director has tough job ahead | ||
Ken Notes: I can so relate to his comments on the legislature. I hope he can move the club into a stronger negotiating position. Let me know if i can help... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:37:50 AM | ||
| Nuclear options | ||
Ken Notes: We need to slow down until this is a part of a much larger environmentally sustainable program. We need to move forward not backward here... The article is a great read!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:31:39 AM | ||
| Schimel disappointed in court denial of bid to delay power plant rules | ||
Ken Notes: It was the wrong approach. We need to identify real problems with real economic hardships and negotiate with the EPA for real solutions. Wisconsin should lead not follow in this effort... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:26:06 AM | ||
| Covanta announces acquisition of Wisconsin-based environmental services company | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:22:36 AM | ||
| Customer groups seek to cap ratepayer costs for Alliant power plant | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:13:15 AM | ||
| Fixing Drafty Old Buildings Becomes $20 Billion U.S. Industry | ||
Ken Notes: Done right this could mean JOBS, product development and manufacturing, as well as adaptive reuse of older buildings... We have many companies here in Wisconsin that are leaders in the industry... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:09:09 AM | ||
| Australia reminds us of valuable things we already know | ||
Ken Notes: Read this for some great ideas on green space as well as green building! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 10:04:11 AM | ||
| Quarles & Brady building strikes LEED gold | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 9:58:18 AM | ||
| Community Solar Catching In Wisconsin | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 9:54:59 AM | ||
| Renewable Energy Proponents Hope For A Revolution In Wisconsin | ||
Ken Notes: I hope WDNGreen.com is the list! Please share this and encourage you associates to subscribe the more we can make a case for a team approach for a sustainable future the stronger our state will become! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 9:53:02 AM | ||
| Solar outlook brightens in Wisconsin | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 9:48:29 AM | ||
| Utility officials say shift away from coal will be gradual | ||
Ken Notes: With oil under $30 it will be tough to keep the pressure on but solar wind and geo will continue to gain traction if we work as a team. Also if we are concerned about he middle east, realize that even at $30 we are funding their future... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 5 Date: 1/25/2016 9:40:08 AM | ||
| 2016 RENEW Wisconsin Energy Summit Shaping the Utility of the Future | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 0 Date: 1/25/2016 9:26:54 AM | ||
| Frank Lloyd Wright school raises $2 million needed to survive | ||
Ken Notes: Wisconsin needs to work with this institute on environmental solutions like small homes, and adaptive reuse... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:36:25 AM | ||
| Using plastic to save trees | ||
Ken Notes: Brilliant!!! This AG film is becoming a problem and when I asked a farmer what they did with it his reply was - Off the record, we burn it. READ THIS!!!! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:32:25 AM | ||
| UW Oshkosh`s renovated Clow nears completion | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:25:44 AM | ||
| Methodist church serves as warming center on MLK, Jr. holiday | ||
Notes: I have a question, if EVERY church opened a small room for the homeless would we have a homeless problem. Just a thought??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:20:29 AM | ||
| Public Museum gets $1 million gift for scientific research | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:04:54 AM | ||
| Major study of contaminated water shows progress, challenges ahead | ||
Ken Notes: Again we need to address this on a statewide level with a comprehensive strategy for solutions. If this becomes political we could actually see communities get water rights based on their political leanings. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 11:01:56 AM | ||
| Wisconsin bill would relax fish farm regulations | ||
Ken Notes: We are seeing a lot of lobby driven bills moving forward right now because the balance is lacking to check out the details. The only solution I see is for this is better communication and businesses weighing in.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 10:58:12 AM | ||
| How Can Wisconsin Attract Younger Workers? | ||
Ken Notes: I work out of 100State a few days a week and it seems the newer workers are looking for a chance to be involved... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 10:08:05 AM | ||
| Winners of MLK poster, essay, poem contest | ||
Ken Notes: Why do we loose so much of this optimism as we age??? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 10:03:20 AM | ||
| Future City Competition: Wisconsin middle school students create (Waste Not Want Not) cities of the future | ||
Ken Notes: VERY COOL - Watch the video. I wonder if we could talk about economics of these designs. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 9:57:34 AM | ||
| Playing in the snow | ||
Ken Notes: Baby it`s cold out side, so at least the snow is more fun to look at than the ground... Also I believe one of the best ways to protect the environment is to USE it. The more hikers, skiers, snowmobilers, campers, hunters, photographers, cabin owners, and outdoor enthusiasts we have the more we can lobby to protect the land that attracts them. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 4 Date: 1/18/2016 9:53:38 AM | ||
| Bill aimed at loosening environmental restrictions on shoreline development gets strong reaction at public hearing | ||
Notes: More on 600.. The Yahara would be a great watershed to see if we can improve the outcome in the Madison lakes. I think 600 will make this very difficult. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 12:34:57 PM | ||
| Wisconsin environmental groups, developers clash over property rights bill | ||
Ken Notes: Way to many stories on this issue for my little newsletter to cover -- but it is a HUGE issue with most environmental groups strongly opposed. My concern is that the current legislators see this as a partisan opportunity to address the topic. With the likelihood of partisan control in the future of at least one of the three units of government it will be impossible to role this back. I am a strong fiscal conservative, pro business, advocate -- AND I have real concerns. Please look at the legislation and the potential impact on our future. Throw you political trust out the window and focus on the future, our environment, our land and water, and our grandchildren. Then ask you legislator to do the same. Many pundits are convinced that regardless of your opinion on this issue, it will not impact upcoming elections or your vote. They may be correct, but they will listen if you speak up! Finally I work with many developers and contractors and need to suggest that not all or even a majority are behind this. This is a strong lobby and special interest driven bill and not good legislation. --- Lets look at just one provision, The bill would limit the kinds of water bodies to which the "areas of special natural resource interest" designation can be given, and those designations would be approved by the Legislature`s Joint Finance Committee rather than the DNR board. PLEASE tell me why the JFC would, in any way, have the expertise to make this call? What the legislators do know is that it is very likely that JFC will continue to be controlled by one party well into the future... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 12:28:23 PM | ||
| Bureau`s message — `Farmers statewide getting involved` | ||
Notes: I agree... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 11:39:27 AM | ||
| Nuclear power might be safe or cheap, but never safe and cheap | ||
Ken Notes: Place me in the -- we need to study this camp. Especially as to scale and control. Is it a potential co-gen option for solar and wind? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 11:37:26 AM | ||
| EPA assessment finds pesticide a risk to honeybees | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 11:09:17 AM | ||
| Wisconsin right to oppose EPA overreach on power plan | ||
Ken Notes: I an not sure why Stepp and Nowak are going after Tia Nelson here it seems they need to push their agenda, which has some positive components, with the EPA. I agree that there are two sides here and we often fail to look at the economics. Here we have a real chance to establish our leadership and work with the power companies and corporate Wisconsin as they suggest. The court battle seem a tactic of last resort... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 11:08:40 AM | ||
| Twin Cities-Chicago high-speed rail plans get a funding boost | ||
Ken Notes: I hope we can get this done because it would also increase rail safety. The line now is neglected and problematic I would point to Janesville as an example.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 10:53:56 AM | ||
| EPA sues Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche over clean air violations | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 10:48:30 AM | ||
| Mine proposed on Michigan-Wisconsin border prompts concerns | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 10:46:09 AM | ||
| Environmental Groups Push For Tougher Review Of Waukesha Diversion Plan | ||
Ken Notes: OK now I get to return to a more balanced position. I support the use of Great Lakes water in Waukesha with the only provision that they are held to the highest standards for treatment, management, use and return to the watershed. We need a model for cleaner water systems and Waukesha needs water, this one is easy... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/11/2016 10:28:34 AM | ||
| Wisconsin should lead on climate change | ||
Ken Notes: The key is to include business, agriculture, power producers, and others. When we choose to fight rather than negotiate we tend to come up short. We have to look at the legislative landscape and work with what we have now rather than hope for change that may not come... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:47:52 AM | ||
| Wangard endorsed to buy downtown Milwaukee block for $52 million apartment, retail development | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:43:16 AM | ||
| Wysocki buys land eyed for Saratoga mega-farm | ||
Ken Notes: And we still have no good regulations in place to make these environmentally sound... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:31:38 AM | ||
| Essay: Thinking like a watershed | ||
Notes: Attention environmental Grad students, I would love to publish you papers and thoughts. I will even do an interview for my readers --- including the legislature and the press outlets that subscribe.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:18:38 AM | ||
| Wisconsin moves toward eliminating nuclear power limits | ||
Ken Notes: We need a policy that gets us to the new standards... What would New Nuclear look like... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:12:39 AM | ||
| Wisconsin Environmentalist: We Are Going Downhill | ||
Ken Notes: Not all bad news... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:05:41 AM | ||
| Group launches effort to halt frac sand mining | ||
Ken Notes: The lobby here is too strong. When gas prices return to previous levels sand will again be in demand and bans will not get legislative support. Try regulations, monitoring, and infrastructure impact taxes. These have more room for approval.... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 9:02:54 AM | ||
| Bureau`s message — `Farmers statewide getting involved` | ||
Notes: Yep... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 8:59:08 AM | ||
| Microbead phaseout will help Lake Erie | ||
Notes: And all the rest of the great lakes... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 8:57:22 AM | ||
| Snapshot of Wisconsin Environmental News in 2015 | ||
Notes: Great Read... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 4 - Wk: 2 Date: 1/4/2016 8:54:45 AM |