Businesses support Clean Energy Jobs Act

Posted on 3/9/10 by Wausau Daily Herald

One sector of the Wisconsin economy, renewable energy, continues to create jobs, despite the economic recession. Already this year, three new businesses in renewable energy manufacturing have made headlines, creating nearly 1,000 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin in the next few years. It is therefore perplexing that we continue to hear claims from certain interest groups that policies encouraging renewable energy generation will eliminate jobs in Wisconsin. Renewable energy business see   Read More

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Report: Energy efficiency is job creator

Posted on 3/4/10 by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Continuing a push for a clean-energy bill that would expand Wisconsin’s use of renewable power, the Doyle administration on Thursday released a consultant’s report that found programs run by the state Focus on Energy program have added more than 5,000 jobs to the state’s economy since 2001. The study is the latest in a series of studies that have found a big payoff in terms of reduction in carbon emissions and savings on energy bills from a bigger investment in energy   Read More

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Nation’s Coal Consumption Drops 9.3 Percent as Wisconsin’s Increases

Posted on 3/2/10 by Clean Wisconsin

Madison, Wis – As Wisconsin legislators debate the Clean Energy Jobs Act in the Capitol, new data shows that the state is currently heading in the wrong direction by increasing its consumption of coal, even as the nation’s consumption falls. “The $16 billion river of dirty fossil fuels flowing into our state is getting deeper,” said Peter Taglia, staff scientist at Clean Wisconsin, the state’s largest environmental advocacy organization. “Coal is the dirtiest   Read More

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Wisconsin Legislators Call for Federal Clean Energy Jobs Legislation: State Positioned to Boost Econ

Posted on 3/2/10 by Sierra Club

As they work to pass clean energy legislation at the state level, 25 Wisconsin legislators
recently joined over 1,000 legislators nationally to ask federal legislators to pass comprehensive clean energy jobs and climate legislation at the national level. "While states have taken the lead in the clean energy race, federal policies are needed to fully address the global problem of climate change," said Katy Walter, 1Sky Organizer at Clean Wisconsin. "We're excited to see   Read More

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This act is not just about jobs; it's about the future

Posted on 3/1/10 by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The tone and tenor of the debate over the Clean Energy Jobs Act was determined the moment the legislation was named. Supporters built into the name what they, not unreasonably, believed would be one of the bill's principal virtues: job creation. But, with recession-induced trauma still fresh in everyone's minds, it is simply too easy and expedient - facts be damned - to call virtually any new legislation a jobs killer, from health care reform to even a jobs bill. We believe the jobs will be   Read More

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