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Scott Walker Celebrates Earth Day by Proposing To Fire 57 Environmental Agency Employees
2015-04-22 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Fifty-seven employees of the state Department of Natural Resources began receiving formal notices this week that they might face layoff as part of Gov. Scott Walker's budget for the next two fiscal years... The DNR's scientific staff conducts research on matters ranging from estimating the size of the state's deer herd to to studying the effects of aquatic invasive species. Work is paid for with state and federal funds... All told, Walker's budget would cut 66 positions from the DNR. Of this,...
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Converting DNR board to advisory council dealt blow, removed from Walker budget
2015-04-15 18:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to make the Department of Natural Resources Board advisory only has been removed from his budget, signaling that that Gov. Scott Walker's proposal is unlikely to pass the Legislature this year. The Republican co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday announced that they were removing the proposal from the budget. That means it must be introduced as a separate bill, making it more difficult to pass than if it were included as part of the larger state budget....
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Scott Walker slammed climate change denier
2015-04-15 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Times: Billionaire hedge fund manager and green power advocate Tom Steyer is taking Gov. Scott Walker to task, accusing the Republican presidential hopeful of being a pawn for fossil fuel interests and a climate change denier. In a full page ad running in the Wisconsin State Journal Tuesday, Steyers group NextGen Climate blasts the states GOP leadership for promoting a war on science by banning work on climate change. The group calls out Walker specifically for staying silent on the issue and for...
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Scott Walker Appointee Suggests Volcanoes Might Be Real Cause Of Global Warming
2015-04-09 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Wisconsin, which has been in the news this week for voting to bar staff of the state public lands board from talking about climate change, is getting a new state official who is skeptical of human contribution to climate change. Gov. Scott Walker (R) recently appointed Mike Huebsch to the state Public Service Commission, and Huebsch was asked about his views on climate change during his confirmation hearing this week. The Public Service Commission oversees utility issues in the state, including...
Wisconsin Gov. Walker wants $250,000 to duplicate wind energy study
2015-03-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wisconsin Gazette: Theres a proposed item in Gov. Scott Walkers budget that would waste $250,000 to have the Public Service Commission study the health effects of wind turbines. His transparent intention is to continue stalling on Wisconsins development of this renewable energy source, which is opposed by the real-estate sector and producers of dirty energy, including Koch Industries and Exon Mobil. Those industries have bestowed Walker with beaucoup bucks, and, as hes proven time and again, hes not about to let...
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