http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:33:52 -0700 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:55:26 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Anglers-may-sleep-better-at-night-soon?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner IThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responding quickly to last week's report that the nightmare Asian carp may have made a 10 mile advance northward and a dangerously close to reaching the Great Lakes. Voracious feeders that could easily decimate n... Great Lakes Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:55:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Anglers-may-sleep-better-at-night-soon?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Nightmare-carp-are-getting-closer?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner One does not have to look very far to see example after example of bad results when humans meddle with the natural environment.  We await a report to see if our Army Corps of Engineers contributed to what amounts to a drain hole in lakes Michiga... Great Lakes Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:17:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Nightmare-carp-are-getting-closer?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Lithiumion-battery-technology-gets-a-boost-with-Johnson-Controls-299-million-grant?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner IJohnson Controls Inc. secured a $299 million grant to build lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles at a Michigan factory located in Holland, Michigan. Today, Asian companies make 98% of the lithium-ion batteries in use today, but the market... Energy conservation Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:08:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Lithiumion-battery-technology-gets-a-boost-with-Johnson-Controls-299-million-grant?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d6-New-article-in-Great-Lakes-Great-Peril-Series-in-the-Milwaukee-Journal-Sentinel?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner IA new installment in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Great Lakes, Great Peril series was published in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Luckily, Dan Egan is one reporter who has not left the financially troubled newspaper.  The article is a... Green Jobs Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:49:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d6-New-article-in-Great-Lakes-Great-Peril-Series-in-the-Milwaukee-Journal-Sentinel?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Contention-over-the-Hoan-Bridge-ratchets-up?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  Spearheaded by Milwaukee County Supervisors Patricia Jursik, Marina Dimitrijevic and Christopher Larson, along with State Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee), a Coalition has formed to Save the Hoan in response to recent efforts to replace the... Hoan Bridge Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:03:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Contention-over-the-Hoan-Bridge-ratchets-up?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Separate-state-rules-for-ballast-regulations--a-patchwork-approach?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner Congress has been wrestling for decades to create a single ballast law for the five Great Lakes. As damage from invasive species mounts, states bordering the lakes are taking the step to create their own regulations. Minnesota’s new rules to re... Great Lakes Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:34:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Separate-state-rules-for-ballast-regulations--a-patchwork-approach?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Milwaukees-famed-bridgetonowhere-could-go-away?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner IThe Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce is petitioning Governor Doyle for a study to determine the Hoan Bridge’s future – now before its deterioration gets worse.  State transportation officials estimate that the bridge&... water ecology Green Space Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:15:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Milwaukees-famed-bridgetonowhere-could-go-away?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-DNR-sets-deadline-for-Estabrook-dam-decision?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner The Department of Natural Resources has set a deadline of October 1, 2010 for Milwaukee County to hire an engineering consultant to research options to either repair or demolish the Estabrook dam. The county has a deadline of January 28, 2011 to ren... water ecology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:12:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-DNR-sets-deadline-for-Estabrook-dam-decision?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d28-New-detail-on-the-Great-Lakes-Restoration-Initiative-deadline-for-comments-is-Aug-19?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner The EPA has released the slides from the presentations that are schedule over the next few weeks. (Milwaukee’s was July 21st). The presentation includes statements of the problem, interim objectives and long- term goals for the proposed Great ... Great Lakes Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:15:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d28-New-detail-on-the-Great-Lakes-Restoration-Initiative-deadline-for-comments-is-Aug-19?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d28-ECycle-Clean-out-the-basement-and-feel-good-about-it?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  While many Americans might not be buying electronics now given the economy, they are sure to get back into the stores soon enough.  As the stash of older and unused, televisions, VCRs, computers, faxes and cell phones grows in the average ... waste disposal and recyling Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:08:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d28-ECycle-Clean-out-the-basement-and-feel-good-about-it?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d27-It-started-with-mommybloggers-but-is-moving-into-green-space?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  NPR reported on “blog-ola” today on the growing rift in the mommy-blogosphere over the impact of marketers leveraging this influential group. Omar Gallaga of the Austin American-Statesman, says "Mom blogs [are] shifting toward ... Public Relations Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:03:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d27-It-started-with-mommybloggers-but-is-moving-into-green-space?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d27-A-different-dam-story--fish-are-the-winners?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  While debate continues over the Estabrook Dam, work will begin soon to remove the Lime Kiln Dam in Grafton. Together with construction of fish passages at the Bridge Street Dam in Grafton and at the Mequon-Thiensville Dam and reconstruction of ... water conservation Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:05:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d27-A-different-dam-story--fish-are-the-winners?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner   GE unveiled the “Net Zero Energy Home” concept, which is being developed to allow homeowners of both new and existing homes to efficiently consume, manage and generate electricity to enable an overall net zero annual energy cost. I... Energy conservation Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:58:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d21-How-to-make-wind-power-when-the-wind-doesnt-blow?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  While wind power is talked about as the power source that will get us off fossil fuel, as a renewable energy source, wind energy has one big flaw: even in the windiest of places, the wind does stop. Variable wind speeds timed at the same time o... Wind power Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:45:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d21-How-to-make-wind-power-when-the-wind-doesnt-blow?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Great-Lakes-Restoration-Initiative--New-Planning?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding one of several meetings in the Great Lakes region tonight in downtown Milwaukee, at the Doubletree Hotel from 5-7 pm.The Initiative begins in 2010 by identifying $475 million for programs and ... Great Lakes Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:05:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Great-Lakes-Restoration-Initiative--New-Planning?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Water-Protection-and-Reinvestment-Act--takes-a-page-from-the-highway-trust-fund?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  Recognizing that the nation’s water and sewerage systems are in need of repair and serious upgrading in some regions, a bipartisan group of congressmen have proposed a solution that is modeled like the highway trust fund. Revenue comes fr... water ecology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:48:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Water-Protection-and-Reinvestment-Act--takes-a-page-from-the-highway-trust-fund?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Pressure-mounts-for-statewide-uniform-rules-for-wind-turbine-setbacks-and-noise?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  Wisconsin District Court 2 ruled July 15th that local governments cannot pass broad rules dictating wind turbine setbacks, height and acceptable noise levels they can produce. For those communities who have set municipal ordinances the ruling e... Wind power Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:08:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Pressure-mounts-for-statewide-uniform-rules-for-wind-turbine-setbacks-and-noise?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Estabrook-dam-dilemma-continues?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner  At a meeting of the Parks, Energy and Environment Committee this week, supervisors voted to commit $15,000 to explore the feasibility of a hydroelectric dam to replace the aging Estabrook dam. The decision to remove or repair the dam has been f... water ecology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:43:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Estabrook-dam-dilemma-continues?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-The-drive-to-make-Milwaukee-a-world-water-hub?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Great Lakes WATER Institute is on the verge of becoming a bigger entity than the leading center for freshwater research that it is. With the help of $240 million from the state budget UWM is preparing to... freshwater research Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:48:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-The-drive-to-make-Milwaukee-a-world-water-hub?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Budget-conscious-vacation-idea-meets-Great-Lakes-exploration?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner Dan Johnson, National Park SerivceJust in time to save budget-strained but vacation-desperate Midwest residents, the National Park Service is offering admission free weekends in July and August at all national parks, including the six that are along... Great Lakes Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Budget-conscious-vacation-idea-meets-Great-Lakes-exploration?cid=exrss-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner