Green Options » Wisconsin http://greenoptions.com/tag/wisconsin Posts tagged 'Wisconsin' Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Transit Use Boom, but in Some Surprising Cities http://cleantechnica.com/2009/11/22/transit-use-boom-but-in-some-surprising-cities/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/11/22/transit-use-boom-but-in-some-surprising-cities/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:44:03 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/11/22/transit-use-boom-but-in-some-surprising-cities/
Transit use boomed from 2006-2008, but not in traditionally transit-friendly areas. This shows hope for more transit use in traditionally car-oriented places in the US in the future.

An analysis of the most recent transit use data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that transit use grew by up to 47% in major metropolitan areas in the U.S. from 2006-2008, with several metro regions in the South and West growing by more than 10%.

The South and West, being more dominated by automobile-oriented development and auto use, have historically struggled to get significant transit ridership. However, the top ten cities with the highest recent increase in ridership include several metro areas in the South and West, including Charlotte, NC (47%), Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (26.7%), Pheonix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (23.6%), San Antonio, TX (15.1%) and others. This seems to shine a light of hope on increased transit use in the southern and western U.S. in the future.

First, however, why are we seeing a boom in these places?

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/11/22/transit-use-boom-but-in-some-surprising-cities/feed/ Upgrading the College Diet: Saying Bye-Bye to Hangovers http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/11/05/upgrading-the-college-diet-saying-bye-bye-to-hangovers/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/11/05/upgrading-the-college-diet-saying-bye-bye-to-hangovers/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:16:23 +0000 Camille Rogers http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/11/05/upgrading-the-college-diet-saying-bye-bye-to-hangovers/ socialinfographics at Flickr

The state of Wisconsin has long served as the national focal point of all things dairy.  However, Wisconsin is also the epicenter of another American food culture niche, and that is alcohol.

My oh my, do people in Wisconsin love to drink. I live the capitol city of Madison and, at least once every weekend, I see snapshot of that state-bred love, either through an embarrassingly sloshed University of Wisconsin undergraduate or a too-tipsy townie. When I found out the actual statistics— that Wisconsin has the highest percentage of drinkers in the population and that, person for person, the state has three times more taverns than anywhere else in the country—I hardly blinked.

Still, I’ll admit that sometimes I find Madison’s hyper-boozing culture to be intimidating. At a lot of college parties, my three-drink limit is everyone else’s warm-up drill, and I’ve met more than a few Badgers whose Thirsty Thursday extends through Wednesday night. However, I’ve never tried to keep up with the crowd. I’m sure some of my peers think it’s lame that my personal bar time is midnight, and not two a.m., but I bet I look a lot cooler the next morning when I haven’t succumbed to their same fate: the head-stinging, stomach-churning, regret-inducing experience that is the hangover.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/11/05/upgrading-the-college-diet-saying-bye-bye-to-hangovers/feed/ Can’t Cook, I Can Help . . . Putting a New Swing on Grilled Cheese Sandwiches http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/10/20/cant-cook-i-can-help-putting-a-new-swing-on-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/10/20/cant-cook-i-can-help-putting-a-new-swing-on-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:33 +0000 Jason Karnosky http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/10/20/cant-cook-i-can-help-putting-a-new-swing-on-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/ For my edition of the learning to cook Blog, I am going to start with something super simple:  Grilled cheese sandwiches, one the key staple foods of a child growing up in the Midwest.

But these culinary treats should not just be for moms and kids.  Playing around with the recipe some can turn this classic into a work of art, and I would like to show you how.

(Photo taken by Dan Tentler)

Now this is not the first time the guilty pleasures of grilled cheese have been toted on this site.  Kelly Best-Oliver spells out her enjoyment of grilled cheese and tomatoe shallot soup.  Robin Shreeves also encourages grilled cheese and tomato soup in her Thrifty Thursday Blog from September 2008.

However, both these Blogs do not improve the process of making grilled cheese to improve taste.  I like to think that Grilled Cheese sandwiches can be a real meal, an almost delicacy if you will.  That is where I, Jason Karnosky–the working food journalist come in.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/10/20/cant-cook-i-can-help-putting-a-new-swing-on-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/feed/ 90% of Coal Plant CO2 Captured in 12-Month Test http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/09/90-of-coal-plant-co2-captured-in-12-month-test/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/09/90-of-coal-plant-co2-captured-in-12-month-test/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:35:09 +0000 Susan Kraemer http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/09/90-of-coal-plant-co2-captured-in-12-month-test/
One year ago the French company Alstom began a year-long US test of capturing CO2 from the water+carbon-dioxide mix created using their chilled-ammonia technology, in the smokestack of the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant in Wisconsin.

This week the year’s results were announced. The years average CO2 capture rate was 90%, according to a joint announcement from the EPRI, We Energies and Alstom to the Society of Environmental Journalists.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/09/90-of-coal-plant-co2-captured-in-12-month-test/feed/ Let Them Eat Pie: Easy Oat Apple Pie Recipe Celebrates Busy Fall Harvest http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/09/24/let-them-eat-pie-easy-oat-apple-pie-recipe-celebrates-busy-fall-harvest/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/09/24/let-them-eat-pie-easy-oat-apple-pie-recipe-celebrates-busy-fall-harvest/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:09:45 +0000 Lisa Kivirist http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/09/24/let-them-eat-pie-easy-oat-apple-pie-recipe-celebrates-busy-fall-harvest/

Apple harvest time arrives at the best and worst time on our Wisconsin farm and B&B, Inn Serendipity. As four bushels of apples sit on my front porch, I’m reminded of all those right reasons: the crisp flavor of fresh apples, appreciation of the harvest bounty and the tempting aroma of a pie baking in the oven.

Apple pies baking in the oven. That’s where I remember the “worst of time” mantra: apple season, like everything else on the farm this time of year, arrives during that crazy-busy, over-abundant time of year called “fall.” The final bounty of garden booty needs harvesting, along with a mile-long laundry list of farm chores that need wrapping up before the winter winds start to blow. Not ideal timing to be in the kitchen rolling piecrust. Actually, I can’t even see my counter top to roll a crust this time of year, as it is overloaded with tomatoes, zucchini and everything else in need of processing.

But don’t think this chaos of fall causes me to give up on pie making. The secret? Simplify the process. Our Inn Serendipity house favorite from our Edible Earth cookbook, Oat Apple Pie, serves up a good example of super simple pie making, as it doesn’t call for a rolled piecrust. Rather, the crust is pressed oatmeal dough, kind of like apples wrapped in a big, chewy oatmeal cookie. By rethinking the traditional pie model, you now have both cookies and pie wafting from the oven. Priceless.

Here’s the recipe, made from basic ingredients you probably have in your pantry right now. I easily adapt this for vegan B&B guests by substituting vegan margarine for the butter. This is also a great recipe for beginning pie-makers (and folks like myself with produce piling up on the counter) as there is no rolled crust.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/09/24/let-them-eat-pie-easy-oat-apple-pie-recipe-celebrates-busy-fall-harvest/feed/ Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes Returned to Endangered Species List http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/17/gray-wolves-in-western-great-lakes-returned-to-endangered-species-list/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/17/gray-wolves-in-western-great-lakes-returned-to-endangered-species-list/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:24 +0000 Rhishja Larson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/17/gray-wolves-in-western-great-lakes-returned-to-endangered-species-list/ Wolf image for article about USFWS reinstating wolves to endangered species list in western Great Leakes region

Endangered species protections have been reinstated for the gray wolf in the western Great Lakes region.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that Endangered Species Act protections are reinstated for the gray wolf in the western Great Lakes region.

However, the status may only be temporary.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/17/gray-wolves-in-western-great-lakes-returned-to-endangered-species-list/feed/ Canadian Lynx Kitten Euthanized After Injury at Wildlife Exhibit http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/09/canadian-lynx-kitten-euthanized-after-injury-at-wildlife-exhibit/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/09/canadian-lynx-kitten-euthanized-after-injury-at-wildlife-exhibit/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:13:00 +0000 Rhishja Larson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/09/canadian-lynx-kitten-euthanized-after-injury-at-wildlife-exhibit/ Lynx image for article about lynx euthanized due to spinal cord injury

A 3-month-old Canadian lynx kit was euthanized after apparently suffering a spinal cord injury at a Wisconsin wildlife exhibit.

Sadly, just a few days after an adorable debut at the Mackenzie Environmental Education Center (MEEC) in Poynette, WI, one of two Canadian lynx kits is now dead.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/09/canadian-lynx-kitten-euthanized-after-injury-at-wildlife-exhibit/feed/ Five Tips to Host a Local Food Summer Breakfast (Tomato Pie Recipe Included) http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/08/19/five-tips-to-host-a-local-food-summer-breakfast-tomato-pie-recipe-included/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/08/19/five-tips-to-host-a-local-food-summer-breakfast-tomato-pie-recipe-included/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:39:52 +0000 Lisa Kivirist http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/08/19/five-tips-to-host-a-local-food-summer-breakfast-tomato-pie-recipe-included/ Two things peak like clockwork every August on our Wisconsin farm: Both the tomato harvest and the flow of guests at our B&B, Inn Serendipity, hit their peak. A time of rich abundance sprinkled with managed chaos, everything dances wildly amidst summer seasonal flow.

Which means I’ll gladly embrace any way I can simplify life right now, particularly when it comes to serving that morning meal daily to our B&B guests. Here’s a serving of our favorite tips and ideas for hosting a summer breakfast of your own, showcasing the abundant local, fresh flavors of the season and featuring our house recipe favorite: Fresh Tomato Breakfast Pie.

1. Prep the Night Before

This Fresh Tomato Breakfast Pie recipe serves up a great example of my ideal B&B recipe: Looks and tastes much more complex than it is. My morning B&B routine is a whole lot simpler if I can prep and organize my dishes the night before and just cook them fresh before serving. This recipe works well for that: Make and bake the crusts the night before. Chop and prep the tomatoes and other ingredients, then just assemble the pie in the morning and bake.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/08/19/five-tips-to-host-a-local-food-summer-breakfast-tomato-pie-recipe-included/feed/ Gasoline-Diesel Cocktail Could Make Engines Cleaner, More Efficient http://gas2.org/2009/08/06/gasoline-diesel-cocktail-could-make-engines-cleaner-more-efficient/ http://gas2.org/2009/08/06/gasoline-diesel-cocktail-could-make-engines-cleaner-more-efficient/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:46:20 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/08/06/gasoline-diesel-cocktail-could-make-engines-cleaner-more-efficient/


As it stands, most vehicles in the world right now run on one of two fuels: gasoline, or diesel. While they perform the same function, and on the outside the engines look the same, they work in very different ways. While diesels have made progress in becoming cleaner burning, gasoline cars still dominate America’s highways.

But what might happen if someone mixed these two fuels up in the same engine? According to a research group from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the engine not only becomes more thermally efficient but cleaner burning, too.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/08/06/gasoline-diesel-cocktail-could-make-engines-cleaner-more-efficient/feed/ Healthcare and Wellness for All http://sustainablog.org/2009/07/08/healthcare-and-wellness-for-all/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/07/08/healthcare-and-wellness-for-all/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:59:10 +0000 John Ivanko http://sustainablog.org/2009/07/08/healthcare-and-wellness-for-all/ As my wife and I write about in ECOpreneuring, if good health is important – and it should be for everyone – then a regular exercise routine along with eating right becomes a feature in our sustainable lifestyle, whether you walk around the block, do yoga or work out three times a week at a local YMCA like we do.  Or go for a hike in the woods instead of watching more TV.

Remember the last time you had the flu or a lingering cold? Get much done? When we’re healthy, we take our good health for granted. Despite what our politicians and healthcare providers might suggest, good healthcare does not necessarily provide good health. Our lifestyle and daily habits contribute to feeling great just about every day of the year.

Some companies provide a good healthcare plan when it comes to physician access and medical coverage. But what does that matter when the stress-filled, unhealthy environment in a cubicle – with no access to the outdoors and fresh air – ends up giving us poor health? The American healthcare system is great – perhaps the best in the world – if we crashed in our car. It’s designed for treatment, not prevention. It’s a healthcare system based on the poor health of relatively well-off people who can pay (by credit or otherwise) for the services it provides.

Given all the debate on a national healthcare plan offered by the United States, below are a few promising trends many people are discovering.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2009/07/08/healthcare-and-wellness-for-all/feed/ Tips from the Cheesemaker: Fresh Approaches to Goat Cheese http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/04/30/tips-from-the-cheesemaker-fresh-approaches-to-goat-cheese/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/04/30/tips-from-the-cheesemaker-fresh-approaches-to-goat-cheese/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:23:05 +0000 Lisa Kivirist http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/04/30/tips-from-the-cheesemaker-fresh-approaches-to-goat-cheese/

With the farmers’ markets back in swing, if you’re lucky, there may be a fresh goat cheesemaker selling their wares near you.  For those who may not have been properly introduced to this flavorful, distinct type of cheese, consider this a personal welcome from Dreamfarm.

Diana Kalscheur Murphy is a goat cheesemaker from the rolling green hills of southwest Wisconsin, basing her business on her farm, aptly named “Dreamfarm.”  “The Dreamfarm name came before the whole cheesemaking business,” explains Murphy.  “My family and I always wanted to live on a farm and when we found this place, we realized we were living our dream.”

Starting with a few goats for fun, Murphy ended up with extra milk and started experimenting with making goats cheese.  “My friends gave me rave reviews and encouraged me to start producing cheese for sale,” adds Murphy.

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]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/04/30/tips-from-the-cheesemaker-fresh-approaches-to-goat-cheese/feed/ Rooftop Farming in Milwaukee http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/21/rooftop-farming-in-milwaukee/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/21/rooftop-farming-in-milwaukee/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:00:37 +0000 Becky Striepe http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/21/rooftop-farming-in-milwaukee/ A farmer in Milwaukee is taking the green roof to the next level. Community Growers’ founder Erik Lindberg’s rooftop garden is yeilding enough organic produce to launch a CSA.


[Photo via Community Growers CSA wiki]

It’s really more than a rooftop garden, it’s a rooftop farm! Check out this interview with the farmer, including a little tour of the garden!

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/21/rooftop-farming-in-milwaukee/feed/ Travel Green Wisconsin: Leading the Nation in Green Travel http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/24/travel-green-wisconsin-leading-the-nation-in-green-travel/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/24/travel-green-wisconsin-leading-the-nation-in-green-travel/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:06:54 +0000 John Ivanko http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/24/travel-green-wisconsin-leading-the-nation-in-green-travel/

While there are some who say we will (or should) travel less in the coming years — and perhaps some of us will — let’s not forget that the travel industry is the second largest industry on this planet after the industrial-military complex. It’s vitally important to many communities, businesses and organizations, ours included. We operate Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and sun.

My first post on ecotourism presented an approach to travel that sustains, enhances or restores diverse ecological systems, preserves the economic and social well-being of the local and global community, and fosters a greater understanding on the part of the traveler of nature, culture or the community visited. It’s the “triple bottom line of profits, planet and people” I write about in ECOpreneuring, applied to the travel industry.

This type of travel usually provides the ecotravelers with authentic experiences (read: not merely heads on beds) and the travelers themselves participate in the renewal, restoration or revitalization process underway by the community, business or organization. Ecotourism is a departure from the consumption and luxury focus of the mainstream tourism industry that touts all-inclusive resorts and 4-star amenities with little or no thought given to paying livable wages to employees or producing some of their own energy on site.

Since piloting a green travel program in 2007, the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Tourism, through their Travel Green Wisconsin program, has provided a framework by which already green tourism related businesses can be more easily found while those enterprises that recognize that there’s more green in going green can follow detailed certification requirements to embark on their journey to evolve, as all organizations will need to do sooner, or later, as a restorative enterprise that follows not just the laws of supply and demand, but also the laws of nature.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/24/travel-green-wisconsin-leading-the-nation-in-green-travel/feed/ Vote Saves Community Garden … for Now http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/03/vote-saves-community-garden-for-now/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/03/vote-saves-community-garden-for-now/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:31:21 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/03/vote-saves-community-garden-for-now/ Atarom at Wikimedia Commons, public domain)Residents of Madison, Wisconsin, and neighboring Fitchburg are fighting to save a 1 1/2-acre organic community garden from the bulldozer. A vote by local planning officials this week gave them a reprieve, but the solution isn’t permanent yet.

The Capital Times reports that the Drumlin Community Garden sits on property owned by the Alexander Company, which is building a commercial development on its land. The Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin has a one-year lease with Alexander for the garden portion, but the lease runs out this year.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/03/vote-saves-community-garden-for-now/feed/ It’s Harvest Time, UW-Madison-Style http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/27/its-harvest-time-uw-madison-style/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/27/its-harvest-time-uw-madison-style/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:10:16 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/27/its-harvest-time-uw-madison-style/ Jeff Miller at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.)Volunteers with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s F.H. King Students of Sustainable Agriculture have begun the fall harvest at their 30,000-square-foot organic plot on campus. The green beans are coming in and more crops are on their way until the end of the growing season.

The F.H. King group, which has been around since 1979, does a lot more than a little gardening, though. It also offers workshops, lectures and other programs aimed at improving “knowledge and policies relating to sustainable agriculture in our community.”

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/27/its-harvest-time-uw-madison-style/feed/ Successful Urban Farmer? A Half-Million Bucks for You http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/24/successful-urban-farmer-a-half-million-bucks-for-you/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/24/successful-urban-farmer-a-half-million-bucks-for-you/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:07:50 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/24/successful-urban-farmer-a-half-million-bucks-for-you/ Wide World Photos/Darren Hauck.)Congratulations to Will Allen, whose work with the urban farming organization Growing Power has just won him a no-strings-attached $500,000 award from the MacArthur Foundation.

One of 25 MacArthur Fellows for 2008, Allen will receive the $500,000 over the next five years. The financial award is designed to give Fellows a level of financial independence so they can “accelerate their current activities or take their work in new directions,” according to the MacArthur Foundation.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/24/successful-urban-farmer-a-half-million-bucks-for-you/feed/ House Stops Water Diversion from the Great Lakes http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/23/house-stops-water-diversion-from-the-great-lakes/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/23/house-stops-water-diversion-from-the-great-lakes/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:11:51 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/23/house-stops-water-diversion-from-the-great-lakes/ The House has blocked diverting any new water from the Great Lakes and forces bordering states to adhere to new conservation standards.

In a 390-25 vote, the House approved a measure on Tuesday that will increase protection of the Great Lakes region. It will prohibit any new diversions of the water to other places, and require states that border the lakes to adhere to new conservation standards.

Together, the five Great Lakes account for 20 percent of the world’s supply of fresh surface water.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/23/house-stops-water-diversion-from-the-great-lakes/feed/ Obama Touts Fund to Protect Great Lakes http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/16/obama-touts-fund-to-protect-great-lakes/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/16/obama-touts-fund-to-protect-great-lakes/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:50:02 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/16/obama-touts-fund-to-protect-great-lakes/ NASA, public domain.)Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said today he would create a $5 billion trust fund to restore and protect the Great Lakes, the Detroit Free Press reported.

The fund would pay for efforts to prevent and control invasive species entering the lakes, clean up polluted sediments and help pay for sewer system repairs throughout the area. The program would also create a Great Lakes coordinator position in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Funding for Obama’s Great Lakes plan would come from reversing some existing tax cuts and incentives for oil companies.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/16/obama-touts-fund-to-protect-great-lakes/feed/ Thieves Beware: UW-Madison Cops Plant ‘Bait Bikes’ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/09/thieves-beware-uw-madison-cops-plant-bait-bikes/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/09/thieves-beware-uw-madison-cops-plant-bait-bikes/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:18:42 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/09/thieves-beware-uw-madison-cops-plant-bait-bikes/ Kristian Ovaska at Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license.)Colleges across the U.S. are encouraging students to ditch their cars and ride bikes instead, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison is doing those efforts one better … by planting GPS (global positioning system)-equipped “bait bikes” around campus to nab would-be bike thieves.

Starting last May, UW-Madison police started locating the GPS-equipped bikes in places where previous bike thefts have occurred. When one of those bikes starts moving, cops know they’ve got a likely thief on the move. They can follow the bike’s movements on their computers, then dispatch officers to the scene to catch the culprit.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/09/thieves-beware-uw-madison-cops-plant-bait-bikes/feed/ Wisconsin Looks to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/wisconsin-looks-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/wisconsin-looks-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:15:20 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/22/wisconsin-looks-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ WisconsinWisconsin’s Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming has recommended that the state achieve 2005 levels by 2014; reduce emissions by 22% from 2005 levels by 2022 (someone one day will have to explain to me the fascination with number alliteration); and finally, it calls for 75% reductions from 2005 levels by 2050.

The task force has also recommended a two-pronged approach, adopting state level support for either a federal or state-level cap and trade program, as well as a series of policy recommendations for several important state industry sectors:

  1. Energy Sector
  2. Transportation Sector
  3. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
  4. Industry Sector
  5. Waste Sector

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