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Renew Fuel Station Sells One Millionth Gallon of E85 MILWAUKEE – Last week, the Renew Fuel Station in Howard, Wisconsin became the second station to sell one million gallons of E85, a fuel containing 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. Renew has offered E85 at its Howard station since it first opened in February 2006. “This milestone shows that...

Commitment To Wisconsin Residents and Businesses A Priority Milwaukee, Wis. (July 23, 2008) The Milwaukee Mile speedway announced today the appointment of Marcus Lemonis as its new chairman. The Miami, Fla. native attended Marquette University and admittedly fell in love with Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The successful NASCAR Camping World Summer Speed Weekend held this past June at The...

MADISON - Although more than 90 percent of Wisconsin residents have some form of private or public health insurance, that is little consolation to the estimated 500,000 who find themselves without coverage. Lily Hoyer-Winifield of Madison and her husband, Todd Cambio, were in that category. Having left his job to start his own business, Cambio no longer had insurance,...

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...