The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules in April 2024 for existing coal-fired and new natural gas plants to significantly reduce pollution and emissions. The rules that ultimately take effect 15 years from now require …
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WI Rural Farms and Small Businesses Strengthened with $2.8 Million for Clean Energy Projects
Rural Development Wisconsin announced that 19 farms and small businesses were awarded $2.8 million in USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants. Projects range from installing solar to offset business operation energy use to …
What is the Great Lakes TCTAC?
The mission of the Great Lakes Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (Great Lakes TCTAC) is to support community organizations in the Great Lakes region successfully navigate funding opportunities to access the resources they …
Wisconsin Scores on Clean Energy Funding in the First Two Years of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
In the two years since the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) was signed into law, Wisconsin has garnered hundreds of millions of dollars for clean energy upgrades in addition to money for rural high-speed internet and …
Enbridge Oil Pipeline Comment Period Extended to April 15
The Wisconsin DNR is extending the public comment period to April 15th for the analysis of the draft environmental impact statement that it prepared for the proposed 41-mile relocation of Enbridge’s Line 5 natural gas and oil …
Wisconsin Legislature Passes One Energy Bill – Expanding PACE Access
The Wisconsin Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program that finances building energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation upgrades for businesses will be expanded to include energy reliability improvements, weather-related resiliency projects, electric vehicle …
Wisconsin Agriculture/Carbon/Energy/Water Initiative
A-CEW, an initiative of policy makers and the private sector, has been developing recommendations on energy and carbon in agriculture. Gary Tauchen, chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Wisconsin legislature working with UW-Extension, Clean …
BLM prioritizes renewable energy on federal lands
The Bureau of Land Management currently has more than 40 renewable energy projects in the permitting pipeline, making significant inroads toward meeting President Biden’s onshore green energy goal, a senior Interior Department official said today. …
Clean Hydrogen Research Proposed to De-carbonize Industry and Heavy Transportation
On the same November day the infrastructure bill was signed, legislation (H.R. 5965, The Clean Hydrogen Deployment Act of 2021) to create a clean hydrogen R&D program at the Department of Energy to advance clean …
Bifacial Solar Panels Exempt from Tariffs Again
An exemption from Section 201 tariffs was reinstated for imported bifacial solar panels as of November 16th, based on a decision in the US Court of International Trade. Tariffs that were placed on imported silicon …