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| 9/14/2006 | |
| This year’s unprecedented heat wave is part of a broader trend of rising temperatures in Wisconsin, according to a new report released today by the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG). | |
| 8/24/2006 | |
| Just weeks after the strongest global warming legislation in history was introduced in Congress, a new report released today by the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) shows how the U.S. can meet – and even exceed – the legislation’s goals. | |
| 7/20/2006 | |
| Energy companies are planning to build over 150 coal-fired power plants in locations across the United States. If built, the plants would increase total U.S. global warming pollution by 10 percent and lock in decades of excess emissions. | |
| 6/20/2006 | |
| Global warming pollution in Wisconsin jumped 78% between 1960 and 2001, according to "The Carbon Boom," a new analysis of government data. | |
| 5/30/2007 | |
| MADISON–Earlier today, Wisconsin Environment, the new home of WISPIRG’s environmental work, released a new report, An Unfamiliar State, How Global Warming Could Change Natural Wisconsin. The report, in a comprehensive review of the latest science, documents current and predicted impacts global warming may have on Wisconsin’s farms, forests, waterways and natural recreation. | |
| 4/12/2007 | |
| One week after Governor Doyle announced his Global Warming Task Force, WISPIRG released a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data finding that global warming pollution in Wisconsin increased by 25% between 1990 and 2004. The Carbon Boom, released today by WISPIRG, is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been released. | |
| 2008-1-24 | |
| Madison, WI – With heightened public awareness of the growing threat from global warming and its potential to drastically alter Wisconsin’s climate, environmental groups today focused their attention on solutions. In a teleconference, the non-partisan environmental advocacy organization Wisconsin Environment released a new report, "A Blueprint for Action: Policy Options to Reduce Wisconsin’s Contribution to Global Warming" and called on the state Legislature to pass the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act (SB81/AB157), a science-based global warming bill. | |
| 11/16/2007 | |
| Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin Environment congratulates Governor Jim Doyle for hosting the historic Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) Energy Security and Climate Change Summit November 14th and 15th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where ten mid-western states’ governors, including Gov. Doyle as Chair of the MGA, signed a groundbreaking accord to serve as a regional strategy to reduce global warming emissions and promote clean, homegrown renewable energy. | |
| 10/31/2007 | |
| Madison, WI – After accepting testimony at a public hearing September 25th where Senate Bill 81 received significant public support, the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted this morning in favor of the bill known as the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act which would reduce global warming emissions in Wisconsin to 1990 levels by 2020. | |
| 10/17/2007 | |
| We applaud Senators Lieberman and Warner for their leadership on global warming. Time is running out to stop the worst effects of global warming, and this bill is an important starting point for action. | |
| 09/25/2007 | |
| (Madison) — Wisconsin Environment thanks the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for accepting testimony today in support of the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act (SB 81). | |
| 08/01/2007 | |
| (Madison) — Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, recently returned from the National Lieutenant Governors Association, announced today passage of a resolution she authored and introduced, calling for state, federal and local action to combat global warming and invest in homegrown, clean renewable energy. | |
| 07/24/2007 | |
| Madison—The average temperature in Madison was 2.6 degrees F above average in 2006, according to a new report released today by Wisconsin Environment. Wisconsin Environment said this warmer-than-normal weather is indicative of what Wisconsin can expect with continued global warming. | |
| 07/17/2008 | |
| Green Bay, WI – While new and developing technologies hold great promise to wean America off of oil, many alternative fuel options would cause a whole host of other problems such as increasing global warming emissions, according to a report released today by Wisconsin Environment. | |
| 06/18/2008 | |
| Madison, WI— Wisconsin Environment released a new report Tuesday entitled, Global Warming Solutions That Work, which details more than 20 examples of cutting-edge policies and practices that communities, states and countries are using to reduce global warming pollution. | |
| 02/27/2008 | |
| (Madison) – Late yesterday, the Assembly blocked discussion of the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act (Assembly Bill 157), which would cap global warming emissions and promote clean, homegrown energy like wind and solar power, and increase energy efficiency measures. | |
| 01/30/2008 | |
| Green Bay, WI—As Wisconsinites gear up for next season, Wisconsin Environment today highlighted how global warming could affect the future success of the Packers. Specifically, the group pointed to the threat of rising winter temperatures lessening the cold weather that has historically given the Packers an edge over warm weather rivals. | |
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