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Dec 9, 2020

Wisconsin climate task force releases its recommendations

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan task force that brought together environmentalists, the energy industry and others released its recommendations on Wednesday for how Wisconsin might bolster its economy while combatting climate change. The report from the task force, which was led by Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, includes 55 recommendations […]

Jun 23, 2014

Justices rap EPA, but uphold global warming rules

The U.S. Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But a divided court also rebuked environmental regulators for taking too much authority into their own hands without congressional approval.

Oct 15, 2013

US high court will review EPA global warming rules

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants.

Jun 26, 2012

Court upholds EPA’s global warming rules

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the first regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases could be controlled as air pollutants.

Jan 18, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: The polar bears don’t need your money

Wisconsin law governing fraudulent misrepresentations can fairly be described as charitable. It’s too bad the law doesn’t apply to so-called charities, which are some of the worst fraudsters operating in this state.

Jun 9, 2011

THE DARK SIDE: Put your money where your mouth is

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