Energy & Environment

A day after a wildfire consumed nearly 9,000 acres and 47 structures in Douglas County in northwestern Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the National Weather Service, has announced that a Red Flag Warning is in effect today in Florence and Marinette counties and the DNR suspended all burning permits throughout the state today.

Twelve Wisconsin companies have been nominated for the Business Friends of the Environment Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), honoring leadership in pollution prevention, environmental innovation and stewardship.

Customers who turned up their thermostats during the cold temperatures in the first quarter provided a boost to Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp., which today reported net income from continuing operations of $176.6 million, or 76 cents a share for the first quarter, up 4.5 percent from net income from continuing operations of $172.1 million or 74 cents a share for the first quarter of 2012.

Racine-based Twin Disc today announced fiscal third quarter net loss of $757,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with net earnings of $9.9 million, or 86 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

The manufacturing sector has some of the greatest potential for recycling and is a key contributor to establishing the recovered materials economy of the future. However, it is also prone to delaying implementation of a recycling program or simply not realizing its full benefits.

The manufacturing sector has some of the greatest potential for recycling and is a key contributor to establishing the recovered materials economy of the future. However, it is also prone to delaying implementation of a recycling program or simply not realizing its full benefits.

The City of Milwaukee implemented its Milwaukee Shines program in 2009 to promote both solar manufacturing and installation while working to lower the costs. It piggybacks on the existing Milwaukee Energy Efficiency, or Me², program.

At first glance, it would seem counterintuitive to think that Milwaukee, in the midst of a cold Wisconsin winter, would be a national hotspot for solar energy.

Michael Wiggins Jr., tribal chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, says his tribe “will do whatever it takes” as a sovereign nation to stop a proposed iron mine near its reservation, including taking the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A lthough a high-speed rail line that was proposed for Wisconsin is instead being built across the state of Illinois just south of the border, some Wisconsin manufacturers ultimately may benefit from the expansion of high-speed rail across the nation anyway, according to a new report by the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC).