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By Gregg Hoffmann For WisBusiness.com American Transmission Co. has not announced its proposed route for the Badger Coulee Project, a 150-mile, 345 kilowatt transmission line that would run through western Wisconsin, but some grassroots opposition to having the lines run through the Kickapoo Valley area already has organized. Badgers Against Transmission Lines (BATL), sponsored by an organization called SOUL of the Kickapoo,...

Contact: Seth Boffeli 608-266-1683 MADISON – The Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced that Linda Harris has been appointed Administrator of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. She has served as Deputy Administrator of the same Division since 2008, holds a Masters Degree in...

Contact: Donna Gilson, (608) 224-5130 MADISON – Comments are needed on a proposed special pesticide registration for control of insects in ginseng. The special registration proposed by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will allow growers to use Lorsban® 15G on ginseng for control of several kinds of larvae, or immature stage, of insects: cutworms, grubs, rootworms, and...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 KENOSHA - A civil environmental enforcement action arising from landfill and air violations at the Pheasant Run Recycling & Disposal Facility (Pheasant Run) located in Paris, Kenosha County, has been filed and resolved, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today. The complaint alleges that from the fall of 2008 until...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., April 18, 2011 – Dentists’ primary concern – and responsibility – is the health of their patients. Earth Day is this Friday, but dentists across Wisconsin work hard every day to ensure a healthy, safe environment inside and outside the dental office. “We encourage our member dentists to...

(CONTACT: Bill Looney, 414.577.1362, bill.looney@aecom.com OR Konstantin Sobolev, 414-229-3198, sobolev@uwm.edu.) MILWAUKEE – AECOM, Inc. and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to explore potential areas of research collaboration in the rapidly growing area of nanotechnology in building materials. AECOM’s is a global leader in creating, enhancing and sustaining the world’s built, natural and social environments. “In addition...

Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – April 8, 2011 Burger Boat Company launches the R/V Coregonus, a 60’ Research Vessel for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. R/V Coregonus is replacing the R/V Barney Devine, a steel Fishing Tug built by Burger in 1937. SeaCraft Design in Sturgeon Bay, WI designed the R/V Coregonus for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to...

Mom’s the Word in Shorewood Contact: Christel Henke Shorewood BID Marketing 414-332-2933 christel@shorewoodwi.com Shorewood, Wis., April 18, 2011– For most of us, our first management experience starts at home—with Mom at the helm of a business called “the family.” Whether Mom is a “Tiger” or a “Panda,” we can all learn something from her wise advice. To...

Contact: Diane Farsetta, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, (608) 250-9240, diane@wnpj.org Pam Kleiss, Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, (608) 232-9945, info@psrwisconsin.org John Peck, Family Farm Defenders, (608) 260-0900, familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com As Japan's Nuclear Disaster Continues, Groups Urge UW Not to Greenwash Nuclear Power MADISON - Local public health, farmers' and environmental groups are questioning the...

WI Sustainable Business Council Tom Eggert Executive Director sustain@bus.wisc.edu 608 267-2761 ABB Inc. Kathryn Schwab kathryn.a.schwab@us.abb.com 262-785-3307 New Berlin Facility among First in Wisconsin to Earn Honor ABB is one of the first Wisconsin firms to earn Green Professional status under the WI Sustainable Business Council’s Green Masters Program. As a Green Professional, ABB has performed actions in each of nine “sustainability areas”, and has earned...

Contact: WI Sustainable Business Council Tom Eggert Executive Director sustain@bus.wisc.edu 608 267-2761 MSI General Corporation Donald J. Frost, Jr. AIA, VP Design email: don@msigeneral.com 262.563.5330 Green builders in Wisconsin are on the Path to Sustainability MSI General is one of the first Wisconsin firms to earn Green Professional status under the WI Sustainable Business Council’s Green Masters Program. As a Green Professional, MSI has performed actions in each of...