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First Florida, Now Wisconsin, Bans the Words Climate Change
2015-04-09 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The idea that you can make climate change go away by not talking about it is spreading. One month ago, we heard how officials and staff at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection were ordered not to use the terms climate change or global warming even when they were discussing the all-too-obvious impacts to their vulnerable state. Now its Wisconsins turn. The staff of its Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) has been told they cant even discuss climate change, no matter...
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Advanced Disposal Buys Wisconsin Waste, Recycling Hauler Rock Disposal
2015-04-03 11:00:00| Waste Age
Advanced Disposal has purchased the Beloit, Wis.-based waste and recycling hauler Rock Disposal Inc. for an undisclosed amount, continuing its aggressive growth strategy. read more
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Energy storage seen as boom business for Wisconsin companies
2015-03-29 22:32:59| Automakers - Topix.net
Wisconsin companies see opportunities for new products and plenty of sales in the next decade in the emerging field of energy storage. A new report commissioned for a Milwaukee-based energy collaborative suggests the global market for products in this market will grow by 400% by 2020 - with some segments forecast to grow at a clip of 40% a year.
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Wisconsin Gov. Walker wants $250,000 to duplicate wind energy study
2015-03-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wisconsin Gazette: Theres a proposed item in Gov. Scott Walkers budget that would waste $250,000 to have the Public Service Commission study the health effects of wind turbines. His transparent intention is to continue stalling on Wisconsins development of this renewable energy source, which is opposed by the real-estate sector and producers of dirty energy, including Koch Industries and Exon Mobil. Those industries have bestowed Walker with beaucoup bucks, and, as hes proven time and again, hes not about to let...
More safety precautions needed to haul oil across Wisconsin
2015-03-21 22:32:55| Railroads - Topix.net
Forbes reported last year that pipelines carry 70% of crude oil and petroleum products in the United States and that only 3% are shipped by rail. And of that 3%, the vast majority gets to its destination without incident: The Association of American Railroads reports that the train accident rate is down 79% from 1980 and 42% from 2000, and that "99.995% of tanks carrying crude arrive safely."
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