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New EPA Report Details Potential Dangers of Global Warming Threat DeFOREST – In the wake of a recent global warming report issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Sanimax on Wednesday highlighted its effort to help limit the release of greenhouse gas emissions by producing an environmentally-friendly renewable fuel. The EPA report, released last week, details the human...

Momentum Builds for Implementation of Historic Agreement Madison, Wis – The Great Lakes Compact moved closer to implementation today when a joint resolution to ratify the agreement was introduced in Congress. Thirteen Great Lakes senators co-sponsored the resolution to ratify the historic agreement between eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces not to divert water outside of the Great Lakes region, including...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has dipped into Madison to purchase another biotech company. This time around, it's buying Mirus Bio Corp. for $125 million in a transaction expected to close later this year, the companies said. Roche bought Madison-based DNA chip maker NimbleGen for $272.5 million in 2007. Mirus Bio is a leader...

By Greg Bump WisBusiness.com About $8 million in grants the state gave to General Motors to boost worker training at its Janesville plant were tied to employment numbers the corporation has failed to maintain, which could give the state an opening to recoup the money, according to documents the state released through an open records request. The Department of Commerce documents...

MADISON - Lunar dust is sharp stuff. Created when micro-meteorites hit the moon's surface and shatter into razor-blade-like bits of melted glass, the abrasive dust can cause a multitude of problems for astronauts and machinery. Within a decade, NASA plans to begin building a permanent lunar colony to serve as an outpost en route to Mars. So the lunar dust...

Included on FTSE4Good Index Series for Fifth Consecutive Year MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, a Fortune 100 company that creates smart environments for vehicles, homes and workplaces, today announced its inclusion on the 2008 FTSE4Good Index Series. This is the fifth time the company has earned this recognition. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) The FTSE4Good Index Series is calculated by the global...

Energy management offerings to address climate change while growing the global business MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the global leader in creating smart and sustainable environments, has acquired PWI Energy, an independent global provider of energy and greenhouse gas management services, based in Philadelphia. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) The acquisition is part of...

$25,000 Grand Prize; Four Categories to Enter, Reflecting How America Really Eats GREENDALE, Wis., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste of Home, the world's largest cooking magazine, celebrates the joy and comfort home cooks receive from cooking, caring, and sharing, making it America's Recipe Box. Now, one of those recipes could strike gold in the magazine's biggest contest ever: America's...

MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association / American Stroke Association are recognizing Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center for its performance in treating cardiac and stroke patients. Aurora St. Luke's is one of only 26 hospitals to receive Triple Gold recognition. Criteria used to identify this recognition were based on the association's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) program....