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Robert "Bert'' Garvin, who recently left the Public Service Commission, says the state is in better energy shape than it was six years ago. In a new WisBusiness.com interview, Garvin, now with the Foley & Lardner law firm in Madison, says the state still faces challenges in having enough power plants and transmission lines but concludes: "We are no longer...

SPARTA - The Sparta City Council has delayed final action on two proposals needed to build an ethanol plant next to the Century Foods International property. The council voted 5-3 Tuesday night to delay a vote until next week on a zoning ordinance change to allow heavy manufacturing with a conditional-use permit in an M-2 manufacturing zoning district. The council...

By Patrick Fitzgerald WisBusiness.com A Department of Defense employee on Tuesday lauded the "general cultural acceptance of sustainability" across governmental agencies, telling a luncheon crowd at an environmental conference that the current situation was an improvement over past attitudes. Alex A. Beehler, assistant deputy undersecretary of defense, spoke of a once-stagnant atmosphere inside of the Department of Defense that had historically viewed...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Gasoline prices may be high, but that should not affect visits to Wisconsin, the state’s new Department of Tourism secretary said Monday at a luncheon sponsored by WisBusiness.com, Madison Magazine and the Madison Club. Kelli Trumble, who has been at her post just four months, said surveys indicate travelers pay little attention gas...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON - Individual states should continue to pass restrictions on carbon monoxide not only to put a dent in global warming, but also to prod the federal government into taking action, a California Environmental Protection Agency official said today at a Monona Terrace conference. Eileen Wenger Tutt, an EPA deputy secretary, said...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com SPARTA - Century Foods International, one of the largest employers in Sparta, could move out of the city if an ethanol plant is built next to its location. The Sparta City Planning Commission recommended earlier this week that the city annex the site of a proposed ethanol plant next to Century Foods’ largest Sparta plant. It also recommended a...

For information: Jeff Smoller, MSWG President: (o) 608.266.2747 (c) 608.575.0846 The senior director of China affairs for the Office of US Trade Representative will speak in Madison Wednesday, June 20 on exports to China of environmental goods and services, a $5.6 billion industry in Wisconsin employing at least 97,000 in more than 500 firms. Tim Wineland speaks at...