Gov. Tony Evers' climate task force eyes policies to curb carbon and promote growth
CHRIS HUBBUCH
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Workers install supports for solar panels at a 20-megawatt plant Madison Gas and Electric is building along Seminole Highway in Fitchburg. A report by Gov. Tony Evers' climate task force says clean energy can be a path to environmental resilience and job growth.
A new report outlines dozens of policies designed to spur economic growth and equality while helping Wisconsin fight and adapt to climate change, but stops short of directly targeting fossil fuels.
Fave 5: Reporter Chris Hubbuch's favorite stories of 2020
My favorite stories to write are those that require me to learn about something new and force me to see the world from a different perspective. There were many such stories to tell during this extraordinary year, though none of my top five were directly related to the pandemic.
I’d known Wisconsin was a big producer of mink pelts, but I didn’t know that most of the North American fur trade moved through a Stoughton business that traced its lineage back to the Hudson Bay Company. The folks at Saga Furs, who took over the operations of North American Fur Association, were kind enough to teach me about the business and let us photograph them.
After a 350-year-old Canadian fur trading company went bankrupt just as Wisconsin mink farmers were beginning their harvest, a Finnish competitor is breathing new life into the state’s oldest industry.
For an industry battered by unstable commodity prices, rising costs, market constraints and extreme weather, grassland farming represents a bright spot.
Madison has long enjoyed a reputation as a two-wheel haven. But opportunities for off-road adventures are limited, usually involving a trip to a neighboring community or beyond. A new plan seeks to change that.
“This was a lot more than Weinerville,” said one resident who hired an environmental law firm to report on potential contamination. “It’s a big evolution from a century ago when the Mayer brothers came up here from Chicago."
Workers install supports for solar panels at a 20-megawatt plant Madison Gas and Electric is building along Seminole Highway in Fitchburg. A report by Gov. Tony Evers' climate task force says clean energy can be a path to environmental resilience and job growth.
