Energy & Environment
Focus on Energy offering free efficiency program for homes
Focus on Energy is making its way through the Milwaukee area with a free service for residents to help reduce energy bills up to 10 percent.
Caterpillar to cut 10,000 jobs by 2018
Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. announced today that it is expecting to cut 4,000 to 5,000 jobs between now and the end of 2016, with most occurring this year. In total, the company plans to reduce its workforce by more than 10,000 through 2018 as part of a move to reduce annual costs by about $1.5 billion.
M-WERC and The Water Council to conduct joint water-energy project
Two Milwaukee economic development initiatives, the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium and The Water Council, announced Thursday that they will...
MADISON- Madison eyes downtown site for new park
In a few years, downtown Madison could have a new park.
It would sit on the corner of West Mifflin and North Bassett streets, stretching across a quarter of the block and addressing a deficiency in park space the city has identified in that area for more than a decade.
It would sit on the corner of West Mifflin and North Bassett streets, stretching across a quarter of the block and addressing a deficiency in park space the city has identified in that area for more than a decade.
Waukesha County sells former recycling center
Waukesha County has sold its shuttered recycling facility to a Franksville-based dumpster rental and waste management services company for $1.1 million.
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CARLTON- Energy firm sues town for tax refund
Dominion Energy Kewaunee Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the town of Carlton for the recovery of alleged excessive 2015 property taxes resulting from what it considers the town's excessive 2015 assessment of the closed Kewaunee Power Station nuclear plant.
Let Waukesha quench its thirst
The City of Waukesha's five-year quest to tap Lake Michigan to solve its water quality problems is finally moving forward. The application phase is over and the approval phase began earlier this summer. The public comment period is nearing its conclusion.
APPLETON- U.S. Oil acquires Indianapolis terminal
US Oil, the petroleum and renewable energy distribution division of US Venture Inc., has acquired a refined products terminal in Indianapolis, Indiana. The new terminal adds 410,000 barrels of capacity and expands US Oil's existing distribution network to 21 terminals in North America.
WEST SALEM- Firms want county land as solar energy site
A portion of the former La Crosse County farm could become the site for a “solar garden” providing alternative power for Xcel Energy.
