{"id":2850,"date":"2007-04-05T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2007-04-05T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T11:20:27","slug":"doyle_announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"Doyle announces initiatives on energy independence and global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the press statement<\/a> posted on Governor Jim Doyle’s Web site:<\/p>\n

Office of Energy Independence<\/strong>
\nGovernor Doyle today signed an Executive Order creating the new Office of Energy Independence to advance the Governor\u2019s vision on energy policy and promote the state\u2019s bioindustry. The office will serve as a single-point of contact for citizens, businesses, local units of government and non-governmental organizations pursuing bio development, energy efficiency and energy independence. The office will also identify federal funding opportunities and serve as the State Energy Office, working to maintain federal designation and funding.
\nOne initial project for the office will be to work with the Public Service Commission (PSC) on a potential multi-utility effort to build a \u201cclean coal\u201d electric generation facility.
\nJudy Ziewacz will serve as Executive Director of the office, which will be located in the Risser Justice Building.
\nTask Force on Global Warming<\/strong>
\nGovernor Doyle signed an Executive Order creating a Task Force on Global Warming that will bring together a prominent and diverse group of key Wisconsin business, industry, government, energy and environment leaders to examine the effects of, and solutions to, global warming in Wisconsin. Using current national and local research, the task force will discuss and analyze possible solutions to global warming challenges that pose a threat to Wisconsin\u2019s economic and environmental health. The task force will create a state plan of action to deliver to the Governor to reduce our state\u2019s contribution to global warming.
\nIn conjunction with the new task force, the Governor directed the Department of Natural Resources, with the assistance of the PSC, to lead an effort to obtain a current estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions in Wisconsin.
\nThe task force will be chaired by Roy Thilly<\/a> of the Wisconsin Public Power and Tia Nelson of the Board of Public Land Commissioners.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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Regional Summit of Midwest Governors<\/strong>
\nGovernor Doyle announced that he has recently been elected to serve as Chair of the Midwestern Governors Association and will hold a summit of Midwest governors in Wisconsin this fall to focus on regional efforts to achieve energy independence and fight global warming.
\nIn advance of this summit, Governor Doyle asked the PSC and Chairman Ebert to explore new technology that may allow us to capture carbon emissions before they go into the atmosphere, and to see how those technologies might be implemented across the Midwest.
\nAdditionally, as chair, Governor Doyle will focus on reauthorization of the federal Farm Bill and promoting the economic vitality of the Midwest. The Governor\u2019s agenda builds upon the work conducted by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as chair over the past year.
\nTo prepare for regional collaboration, the Governor asked the PSC to explore potential opportunities to capture and sequester carbon across the Midwest.
\nLaunch of Credit-Trading System Throughout the Midwest to Encourage Renewable Energy<\/strong>
\nTo keep the cost of renewable energy down and to encourage more development across the Midwest, the PSC is launching a market driven regional effort with Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota and the province of Manitoba to track and trade renewable energy credits. The Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System will help support and stimulate a trading market to help these regional partners meet their renewable energy standards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From the press statement posted on Governor Jim Doyle’s Web site: Office of Energy Independence Governor Doyle today signed an Executive Order creating the new Office of Energy Independence to advance the Governor\u2019s vision on energy policy and promote the state\u2019s bioindustry. The office will serve as a single-point of contact for citizens, businesses, local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}