North Central Cleantech Open: Launches second annual competition
Top entrepreneurial companies from the Midwest win a chance to compete at the national awards in California
March 14, 2011: Minneapolis – This week marks the launch of the 2011 Cleantech Open North Central region (http://www.cleantechopen.com) business competition – part of the world’s largest cleantech business competition and entrepreneur incubator created to find, fund and foster tomorrow’s most promising...
Bauer: New WMC head says group will remain politically active
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Expect more political activism from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce – the state’s largest business group – after Wisconsin Bankers Association head Kurt Bauer takes over the helm on March 31.
“Our members expect the WMC to be a strong advocate in Madison and that’s what I intend it to be going into the future,” said Bauer,...
WisBusiness: Emerging EPA climate change rules could hit coal-dependent Midwest hard
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Emerging EPA greenhouse gas regulations likely will survive and will raise utility rates in Wisconsin, three panelists agreed Thursday.
The trio spoke at a "Future of Midwest Energy" luncheon organized by WisBusiness.com and WisPolitics.com.
They disagreed on other possible effects of the rules, however.
Dan Chartier, a former EPA official who now works for the Edison...
