Wisconsin Ethanol Coalition: Workers, Experts, Labor Leaders Agree: Ethanol Means Good Jobs for Wisconsin
Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120
MADISON – Workers, labor leaders, experts, and biotech executives from around the state agree that expanding ethanol use will create new jobs and economic growth in Wisconsin.
"Ethanol means a lot to the working people in the Friesland area. The average wage at the United Wisconsin Grain Producers ethanol plant is approximately...
UW Oshkosh: Putting idle computers to ‘sleep’ saves campus $9,000 a year
CONTACT: Laura Knaapen, (920) 424-2368
OSHKOSH – The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will save about $9,000 a year by putting many of its campus computers into a low-power “sleep” mode when they’re not in use.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which feels the creative approach implemented...
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 434, Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association executive board member: Wisconsin’s Future Burns Bright with Ethanol
For more information, contact: Annie Early, 414.105.1050
Statement by Terry Hayden, Business Manager, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 434, and Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association executive board member at the Ethanol Means Good Jobs Briefing
Today’s briefing and the future of ethanol in Wisconsin is about one simple word: JOBS. For the nearly 8,000 members of the Wisconsin Pipe Trades...
Governor Doyle: Governor Doyle Announces $4 Million in New Markets Tax Credits for Logistics Health
Contacts: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
John Brevik, Business Operations of Logistics Health, Inc., 608-782-0404
Project Will Create 200 New Jobs, Retain 330 Jobs in La Crosse
LA CROSSE - Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Logistics Health, Incorporated will...
WBA: CONSUMER ALERT SCAM: Wave of Reports from Banks that Customers Are Getting Calls Asking for Account Information
For more information, contact Cheryl McCollum, 608/441-1216
MADISON – In the last week, a wave of calls have plagued Wisconsin consumers from con artists who are seeking bank account information. More than 10 Wisconsin banks have reported a jump in the number of calls their customers have received from these scam artists who are asking for bank account numbers. The...
Plum Creek: Contributes $5,000 to Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.’s Fresh Start Program
For more information contact:
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CUB: Senate Passes Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation
More information: Charlie Higley, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board (608) 251-3322 ext. 14
MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) applauds today’s action by the Wisconsin State Senate, which passed legislation that would strengthen efforts to save energy and utilize renewable energy resources. The vote in...
RENEW Wisconsin: Senate Vote A Powerful Boost for Energy Efficiency and Renewables
More information: Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin (608) 255-4044
By a 32-1 vote the Senate today passed SB459, a bill that would protect energy conservation dollars from budget raids and expand the presence of home-grown...
TDS Telecom: President and CEO Jim Barr to Retire at End of 2006
For Immediate Release
Drew Petersen
andrew.petersen@tdstelecom.com
608-664-4155
DeAnne Boeglideanne.boegli@tdstelecom.com
608-664-4428
Newly appointed EVP and COO David A. Wittwer to become president and CEO in 2007
MADISON Wis. - February 21, 2006 – TDS Telecom announces that James Barr III, president and chief executive officer (CEO) will retire on Dec.31, 2006 after 17 years in this role. The company also announces that David A....
WisPolitics/WisBusiness Energy Forum
President Bush, who visited Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, is talking energy alternatives. See the webcast of Bush's talk.
Gov. Jim Doyle is talking ethanol, bio-fuels and extra heating assistance to those hit by rising natural gas prices.
And the Legislature is taking up SB459 and its companion AB841, bills which incorporate the major recommendations from Doyle's task force on energy efficiency and...
