Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley);
Date: Jul 1, 2010;
Section: Opinion;
Page: 8A
A black mark for the green economy
Bucyrus affair shows costs of environmental rules
Last Thursday when the U.S. Export-Import Bank denied a loan guarantee to Reliance Power Ltd. in India, Wisconsinites got an instant lesson of what Democrats really think an environment-friendly economic future should look like.
The loan [...]
I’m going to Las Vegas in July. July. What’s the temperature going to be, 112 in the shade?
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Dear President Obama:
On behalf of the people of Wisconsin, I respectfully ask you to reverse the environmental policies enacted by your administration that are directly killing jobs in our state.
Right now, 300 Wisconsin jobs at Bucyrus International are in jeopardy because of radical environmental policies created by your administration. Today, you have [...]
Dick Leinenkugel told Mike Gousha he was surprised at the tone of the criticisms over his time as Commerce Secretary for Governor Jim Doyle.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Leinenkugel, who served as commerce secretary under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, says he was a little surprised at the nature of the attacks he’s received from fellow [...]
If you want to learn how the Public Service Commission lost the trust of both Republicans and Democrats over the global warming bill, you’ll want to read the latest from Patrick McIlheran.
The Public Service Commission, our regulator of power rates, weighed in with a study arguing the mandate would save money. Aside from that study’s [...]
With the state legislature is meeting today for the final scheduled time this term (other than some mop up in May), I added two feeds to the side bar to help readers keep track of what’s going on: The MacIver Institute Twitter feed and the WisPolitics.com Quorum Call feed.
Speaking of the MacIver Institute, Brian Fraley [...]
Governor Jim Doyle, desperately trying to save his global warming bill, tells another whopper:
Doyle said Tuesday that the bill up for a vote in the Assembly would actually lower costs for electric rate payers and create jobs. His comments came after he spoke at an event honoring the upcoming Earth Day.
Concerns over possible rate hikes [...]
State Representative Spencer Black blames the State Senate for not having the votes, the State Senate says it’s the Assembly’s fault because the bill is too expensive.
To give you an idea of why it’s so hard to pass the bill in the Senate, Senator Jeff Plale in the video says he’s reluctant to support it, [...]
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) is criticizing the Public Service Commission report on the global warming bill in the legislature, saying there is a serious flaw:
“As you can see, the results, using PSC’s own study numbers, indicate that the CEJA Sub proposal would increase electric rates between 6.4% and 12.5% above the status [...]
Supporters of the proposed global warming bill in Wisconsin have been hyping an “analysis” by the Public Service Commission which claims the bill will actually lower energy costs. Nobody else is buying it.
In the hours after the substitute amendment was introduced, the Public Service Commission quickly passed judgment on the 150 page substitute announcing it [...]
