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Residential Housing and the IRA
january 2025 Residential Housing and the IRA
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Putting carbon back into the soil
march 2024 Agro-ecology:
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En-roads: explore the possibilties
february 2024 En-ROADS: Explore the Possibilities
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Resource:
ClimateTrace .org - Independent Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking - interactive global map showing emission sources
Explore En-ROADS yourself, it's mind expanding!
ClimateTrace .org - Independent Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking - interactive global map showing emission sources
Explore En-ROADS yourself, it's mind expanding!
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En-ROADS helps people make connections between their concerns about climate change and the possibilities available to help ensure a livable future.
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Have you wondered if the lifestyle changes you are making and advocating will affect global heating?
What changes can be made that will be the most effective to change the trajectory of the climate crisis?
The goal is/was to limit global temperature change to 1.5° - 2.0° C (2.7° - 3.6° F) this century. We're hitting that 1.5° C increase more than 75 years early!
What changes can be made that will be the most effective to change the trajectory of the climate crisis?
The goal is/was to limit global temperature change to 1.5° - 2.0° C (2.7° - 3.6° F) this century. We're hitting that 1.5° C increase more than 75 years early!
Join us to explore the influence of population growth, consumption, building electrification, agricultural changes, etc. on the increase in global temperature, sea level rise and more.
"En-ROADS is a global climate simulator that allows users to explore the impact that dozens of policies—such as electrifying transport, pricing carbon, and improving agricultural practices—have on hundreds of factors like energy prices, temperature, air quality, and sea level rise."
"En-ROADS is a global climate simulator that allows users to explore the impact that dozens of policies—such as electrifying transport, pricing carbon, and improving agricultural practices—have on hundreds of factors like energy prices, temperature, air quality, and sea level rise."
Meeting chat (view...)
01:12:29 Stacey Moe: Source past 12 mo global average 1.5 degrees https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/first-year-long-breach-15-degrees-celsius-could-be-more-enduring-without-accelerated
01:14:46 Mike Arney: Energy Innovation Act, HR 5744
01:14:50 Stacey Moe: Jan 2024 average 1.7 degrees https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416231-hottest-january-on-record-sees-the-world-reach-1-7c-warming-mark/#:~:text=This%20January%20was%20the%20hottest,Union's%20Copernicus%20Climate%20Change%20Service.&text=Is%20climate%20change%20accelerating%20and%20is%20it%20worse%20than%20we%20expected%3F
01:17:21 Stacey Moe: Replying to "Energy Innovation ..."
Thanks Mike
01:21:26 Jeanne: Replying to "Energy Innovation Ac..."
what about increased mining
01:38:50 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: Sorry for jumping in late. I have an event coming up for Earth Day at Gateway College in Kenosha. An EV car show in their parking lot. Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am-1:00 pm.
01:40:07 Stacey Moe: If anyone is interested in the biggest emitter in Wisconsin around the world. https://climatetrace.org/explore
01:40:57 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I've attended a few of Phil's presentations. Great work.
01:42:05 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I am part of the Racine CCL and tried to start one in Kenosha a few years ago with Rev. Jonathan Barker.
01:52:39 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: Stacey could also join the LWV-Milwaukee County Natural Resources committee.
01:58:40 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I moved here from Libertyville IL
01:14:46 Mike Arney: Energy Innovation Act, HR 5744
01:14:50 Stacey Moe: Jan 2024 average 1.7 degrees https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416231-hottest-january-on-record-sees-the-world-reach-1-7c-warming-mark/#:~:text=This%20January%20was%20the%20hottest,Union's%20Copernicus%20Climate%20Change%20Service.&text=Is%20climate%20change%20accelerating%20and%20is%20it%20worse%20than%20we%20expected%3F
01:17:21 Stacey Moe: Replying to "Energy Innovation ..."
Thanks Mike
01:21:26 Jeanne: Replying to "Energy Innovation Ac..."
what about increased mining
01:38:50 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: Sorry for jumping in late. I have an event coming up for Earth Day at Gateway College in Kenosha. An EV car show in their parking lot. Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am-1:00 pm.
01:40:07 Stacey Moe: If anyone is interested in the biggest emitter in Wisconsin around the world. https://climatetrace.org/explore
01:40:57 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I've attended a few of Phil's presentations. Great work.
01:42:05 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I am part of the Racine CCL and tried to start one in Kenosha a few years ago with Rev. Jonathan Barker.
01:52:39 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: Stacey could also join the LWV-Milwaukee County Natural Resources committee.
01:58:40 JOE Dubaniewicz Kenosha-Racine-MKE: I moved here from Libertyville IL
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cop28: a flawed but vital process
january 2024 COP 28: The Global Climate Gathering
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"free trade" vs stopping the climate crisis
december 2023 "Free Trade" vs Stopping the Climate Crisis
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exxon knew, they predicted global heating
July 2023 Exxon Knew: Climate Files, Attribution Science, RICO
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the inflation reduction act & electrification
may 2023 The presentation summarizes the expected reductions in greenhouse gasses resulting from the IRA along with the tax and point of sale rebates included in the act.
Heat pump space heaters, heat pump water heaters, electric stoves, electric service upgrades, home weatherization, solar panels and electric vehicles are discussed. Resources (view...)
How much money can you get with the Inflation Reduction Act? - Rewiring America what is the IRA? (view...)
"The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history, offering funding, programs, and incentives to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and will likely drive significant deployment of new clean electricity resources. Most provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 became effective 1/1/2023." - EPA "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is a landmark[1][2] United States federal law which aims to curb inflation by reducing the deficit, lowering prescription drug prices, and investing into domestic energy production while promoting clean energy." - Wikipedia Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:29:00 Dyan Pasono: Just got a quote for Geothermal for a vertical run in Wales - $40,000. 00:34:10 Linda Frank: So, we would want to augment with natural gas heating? Most of us don’t use propane 00:34:59 350 Milwaukee: Who did you find for the quote? 00:47:29 Dyan Pasono: Kettle Moraine Heating 00:47:51 Dyan Pasono: Do they make an on demand heat pump water heater? 00:49:30 Dyan Pasono: Also got a quote from Lake Country Heating. We currently have geothermal and love it. Moving and wanted to have it in our renovated new home location. 00:50:04 Jeanne: dangerous for people with pacemakers? 00:52:02 karltimm: @Linda Franke: yes natural gas would work also. I am thinking augmenting my natural gas furnace. 00:57:37 Markp1950: OOPs late 01:01:36 Markp1950: With the Dem governor what can't we grt WE Energies out of the picture 01:06:07 Markp1950: I'm looking at a <400 tiny home. Where to put it? 01:07:48 Markp1950: 100% new EVs by 2026 01:09:22 Markp1950: Government is ALWAYS a problem 01:13:13 Markp1950: Tesla believes in banning ALL subsidies. We will take them but won't cry if subsides are dropped 01:16:29 Markp1950: Off grid is BETTER 01:20:52 Jeanne: do you have to clean panels? 01:24:30 Jeanne: dangers of new stoves? ie. pacemakers 01:29:24 Markp1950: Growth is EXPONENTIAL! 01:32:34 Dyan Pasono: We've had an induction cook top for 13 years. Works great!! Would never cook any other way. 01:32:36 Markp1950: I use a simple top unit. Single works GREAT! 01:32:53 Markp1950: Mine is 110V 01:34:40 Markp1950: My Induction cost me $72 01:36:38 Linda Frank: Thank you, Phil! 01:43:03 Dianna Dentino: These two authors, didn’t mention anything about education, and the importance of working with our children to create a regenerative economy and use of earths natural and limited resources. 01:44:15 Charlie Bensinger: And he didn't give any pathway for better distribution of wealth and personal power. 01:44:45 Markp1950: In the short term we need fossil fools. Short term. 01:50:43 Markp1950: It took Tesla 12 years to build it's first million cars. It now takes 6 months. 01:51:23 Charlie Bensinger: But Tesla cars are still unaffordable to the vast number of car buyers. 01:51:30 Markp1950: Government is the problem. 01:52:04 Charlie Bensinger: Livable pay is the problem. Good paying jobs is the problem. 01:52:52 Markp1950: Deflation will be the new norm. 01:53:27 Linda Frank: Rights of Nature is an important movement. Don’t put all faith in tech. 01:54:14 Markp1950: It IS tech that will change the world. 01:55:12 Markp1950: Cancer will be cured in 5 years. |
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rethinking humanity
April 2023 Rethinking Humanity - a Film by RethinkX
Followed by Discussion Humanity is on the brink of existential transformation, but we’re blind to the deeper processes of change. To recognize the mind-blowing possibility space of the next decade, as well as its catastrophic risks, we must grasp the patterns of history to understand how they can illuminate today.
Rethinking Humanity takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of the rise and fall of civilizations through a powerful lens that makes sense of the past, so that we can step into the present and create our future. During the 2020s, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors that underpin civilization, and with them every major industry in the world today. In information, energy, food, transportation, and materials, costs will fall by 10x or more, while production processes an order of magnitude more efficient will use 90% fewer natural resources with 10x-100x less waste. The knock-on effects for society will be as profound as the extraordinary possibilities that emerge. For the first time in history, we could overcome poverty easily. Access to all our basic needs could become a fundamental human right. But this is just one future outcome. The alternative could see our civilization collapse into a new dark age. Which path we take depends on the choices we make, starting today. The stakes could not be higher. Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:23:52 Linda Frank: Milwaukee Riverkeeper has events, if that hasn’t been mentioned 00:25:08 Jim (WisCOSH): I know the Waukesha County Labor Council is taking part in a big river clean up 4/22 on the south side of Milwaukee by one of the big Mail-Wart stores I don’t recall which right now, but I’ll check. 00:31:16 Linda Frank: https://milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/restore/spring-cleanup/ 00:32:42 Markp1950: It changed my life. Thanks DAN! 00:33:02 Linda Frank: That video in 2017 on autos was amazing 00:35:23 Markp1950: Links, https://www.rethinkx.com/transportation 00:37:08 Markp1950: Other link. https://www.rethinkx.com/food-and-agriculture 00:39:18 Markp1950: https://www.rethinkx.com/humanity 00:40:26 Markp1950: YAY! 00:43:37 Markp1950: Tony Tony Tony! 00:45:45 Markp1950: Disruption!!!!!! 00:48:17 Markp1950: Never forget the S-Curve 00:54:37 Markp1950: Convergence! 01:02:29 Markp1950: Super Abundance! 01:04:05 Charlie Bensinger: "The grounds for hope are in the shadows, in the people who are inventing the world while no one looks." Rebecca Solnit 01:12:02 Markp1950: NOT JUST TALK! 01:15:03 Markp1950: Precision Fermentation. meat made like beer. 01:15:27 Terry Wiggins: I just want to second what Linda said. Better living through chemistry! 01:15:40 Markp1950: Wide areas of land opened. 01:17:29 Markp1950: It is underway. 01:18:42 Susan Braeger: I agree 01:19:16 Markp1950: The pollution creators are going to fall. 01:21:38 Markp1950: It will be brewed like beer. 01:23:38 Markp1950: I embrace the change. I love it. 01:24:31 Markp1950: Abundance.!!!!! 01:26:24 Markp1950: EVS last 3-4X longer. 01:27:45 Markp1950: I've been following the transition for years. It is angry. 01:28:14 Markp1950: Beyond Meat. 01:29:35 Markp1950: Big change by 2030. 01:30:50 Markp1950: Change will be faster than you think. 01:43:03 Dianna Dentino: These two authors, didn’t mention anything about education, and the importance of working with our children to create a regenerative economy and use of earths natural and limited resources. 01:44:15 Charlie Bensinger: And he didn't give any pathway for better distribution of wealth and personal power. 01:44:45 Markp1950: In the short term we need fossil fools. Short term. 01:50:43 Markp1950: It took Tesla 12 years to build it's first million cars. It now takes 6 months. 01:51:23 Charlie Bensinger: But Tesla cars are still unaffordable to the vast number of car buyers. 01:51:30 Markp1950: Government is the problem. 01:52:04 Charlie Bensinger: Livable pay is the problem. Good paying jobs is the problem. 01:52:52 Markp1950: Deflation will be the new norm. 01:53:27 Linda Frank: Rights of Nature is an important movement. Don’t put all faith in tech. 01:54:14 Markp1950: It IS tech that will change the world. 01:55:12 Markp1950: Cancer will be cured in 5 years. |
how not to freeze your a** off in the dark
march 2023 Dan Folkman & Charles Bensinger
No More Fossil Fuels? How Not to Freeze Your A** Off in the Dark
Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:23:55 Markp1950: You forgot Potochnik 00:39:29 Joe Dubaniewicz: Question: Dan, I have a hybrid Hot Water heater (no gas). Conceivably, could that Hot Water be pumped through the Radiators? 00:44:01 Markp1950: Most homes are too big and inefficient. Small is much better. Small and insulated is the answer. Despite our "progressive" government there are NO tiny home communities in Milwaukee. 00:45:35 Joe Dubaniewicz: I visited a tiny home community in Racine (for Veterans). 00:45:54 Charlie Bensinger: 1k Friends Webinar: Equity in Climate Action Planning Time Mar 15, 2023 12:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) Add to calendar Meeting ID: 821 9696 4293 To Join the Meeting Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to join. https://us06web.zoom.us/w/82196964293?tk=ekW6ccg9vyEkxpdbfLZpq6wiWevZczHkMch6lwtqxe8.DQMAAAATI1IjxRZQQ2VNTUN1alFQbXl1c2VGUHhySUR3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=djlTcjFQUmY5N2YwYzRDN3gvbis3dz09 00:48:39 Markp1950: 2300 SQ ft? Wow! I'm in 750 Sq FT looking to downsize. 00:53:53 Joe Dubaniewicz: I am looking at replacing my older (2016) dual fuel Heat Pump with a high efficiency Heat Pump that will work efficiently at below zero outside temps. Now, the old one switches to gas heat at 40 degrees or below. 00:55:45 Markp1950: Heating/cooling 00:55:54 Joe Dubaniewicz: Great examples, Greg. 01:00:07 Markp1950: I'm looking towards total off grid. Everythin gpowered by solar. 01:03:45 Joe Dubaniewicz: Mark, I've got rooftop solar, an old Heat Pump, a hybrid Hot Water heater, an electric fireplace, but a gas range (wife's insistence). Also, an EV. Still have to learn how to get off the grid. 01:05:45 Markp1950: I have a gas stove in my apartment. I use my induction it is MUCH MUCH better. 01:10:24 Joe Dubaniewicz: If you go all-electric, you don't need a Carbon monoxide smoke detector. 01:10:37 Markp1950: My induction cook top cost me $90. Works GREAT. 01:19:41 Markp1950: Tesla is looking at producing a home heat pump. 01:21:21 Joe Dubaniewicz: When the specs say 16,000 BTU how does that relate to Dan's slide that showed BTU / hour? 01:22:42 Markp1950: I've seen 8x20 off grid tiny home for less than 40K. Solar and mini-split. 01:23:07 Joe Dubaniewicz: FOE has Trade Ally recommendations for Heat Pump experts. not that many at all. 01:28:01 Markp1950: ANYTHING to do with the government is scary. 01:29:35 Markp1950: Tear it down and rebuild.... 01:31:00 Joe Dubaniewicz: First step could be an Energy Audit, then Weather stripping and Insulation, then the electricity upgrade. 01:31:11 Markp1950: 1st step is to dump WE Energies 01:31:33 Joe Dubaniewicz: A monopoly, I'm afraid. 01:32:41 Markp1950: Fight for THE RIGHT to produce use and sell energy. 01:34:11 Joe Dubaniewicz: Agreed. Deregulation was done in IL-Lake County (where I lived a few years ago). 01:34:39 Joe Dubaniewicz: Also, Third Party Solar is being worked on. 01:34:47 Markp1950: Again get WE Energies OUT of the picture. 01:37:39 Markp1950: 3rd party is expensive and a waste. 01:37:43 Phil Smith: Rewire America has a great website that has a lot of the details on the Inflation reduction Act 01:37:59 Linda Frank: Erick Shambarger is continuing to work on getting panelized housing constructed here in Milwaukee for net zero affordable homes 01:38:19 Joe Dubaniewicz: Yes, Rewire America is a great resource. 01:41:31 Markp1950: We were planning an off grid community and the city bacled out. They listened to WE Energies. 01:44:04 Linda Frank: Erick has obtained additional funding for grant applications due to the new federal opportunities 01:44:06 Markp1950: That is $3.5 Billion 01:44:48 Patricia Sumnicht: Reacted to "Erick has obtained a..." with 👏 01:48:21 Joe Dubaniewicz: LEED Certified homes. What a lofty goal, Dan. 01:50:42 Joe Dubaniewicz: You can count me in too. 01:52:05 Charlie Bensinger: 505-670-2474 01:54:25 Markp1950: Go Dane! Tony Seba Rethink X | ||
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in-depth at cop27: issues, activists and ideas
february 2023 Steve Watrous
Report from Steve Watrous who attended the United Nations annual climate change Conference of the Parties this year in Egypt. Hear about the U.S. official delegation, the final declaration, what grass roots activists and others did at the conference, and what to do next.
Steve will speak on "Everything you need to know about COP27: the big issues and contradictions, and the delicious details like a new potato chips bag made from carbon stone!" Talk will be followed by Q&A. Steve Watrous is president of the Milwaukee UNA chapter, former sociology professor at MATC, advocate on mining issues, coordinator for a couple Milwaukee Earth Day celebrations, peace monger, and environmentalist starting in the Boy Scouts Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:23:49 350 Milwaukee: California – the good and the bad – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/13/california-storms-rains-drought-fires Chile – deadly fires have been raging through south-central Chile since February 2 – Earth Observatory https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150945/fires-blaze-through-south-central-chile New Zealand - North Island devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/13/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-declares-national-state-of-emergency Climate crisis: 4 reasons for hope in 2023 – The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3799154-climate-crisis-4-reasons-for-hope-in-2023/ 00:26:12 Markp1950: Falling solar, wind and battery costs prices are converging creating a situations where renewable will accelerate rapidly. Fossil fools are soon are close to a death spiral. 00:31:22 Markp1950: New HUGE batteryTesla secures massive new 1 GWh Megapack project in Canada 00:32:44 Markp1950: Greta not invited 00:35:07 Markp1950: IMO COP is wprthless 00:47:16 Markp1950: Economics will drive the change. 00:49:12 Markp1950: Destructive technology will destroy fossil fools. 00:59:43 Markp1950: Heat Pumps to replace furnaces and A/C . 01:02:15 Markp1950: Hydrogen take more energy that it holds. Hydrogen is a waste of time. Need to much new infrastructure for hydrogen. 01:04:32 Markp1950: We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most profound disruption of the energy sector in over a century. 01:07:07 Markp1950: The transition is coming faster than you think. 01:13:56 Markp1950: Green capitalism is destroying the dirty capitalism 01:17:18 Markp1950: I LOVE green having the money instead of dirty fossil fools. 01:28:57 Markp1950: Fossil Fool companies that do not get on board with the transition to renewable energy will be destroyed and go bankrupt. 01:33:37 iPhone: Good job Steve! |
Going, going... gone - green Burial
december 2022 Katie Heinen and Terry Wiggins
Can we do good when we're dead?
What's the matter with current burial practices? What are the alternatives? These are the questions that Katie Heinen, member of Interfaith Earth Network (IEN), and Terry Wiggins, former member of IEN, will address, as they talk to us about natural burial, a.k.a. green burial.
resources (view...)
Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:18:07 Mark1: With Evers in we should have more right people on the PSC 00:19:25 Mark1: The higher the rates the more attractive renewable looks attractive. 00:23:30 Mark1: The Tesla electric semi is now out in the wild. 00:28:15 Mark1: Even if they produce energy for free the cost of transport will be more than solar at home. 00:32:46 Mark1: Solar/win/battery will always be the cheapest form of energy. 00:40:51 Mark1: LOL! 00:43:37 Mark1: Be composted. 00:45:00 Charlie Bensinger: Arsenic has been a huge problem in the soil from burials. 01:02:09 Mark1: Greenest and cheapest. 01:04:37 MZC Reirin (she/her): Would you please but the link in the chat? 01:07:54 Mark1: Many Milwaukee choices on Google 01:13:18 Mark1: Thanks for the useful information tonight. 01:16:10 MZC Reirin (she/her): Is there a waiting list for a space? 01:20:03 Mark1: Burial at sea. LOL! 01:25:33 MZC Reirin (she/her): Thank you, great presentation! Have to go. Good-bye | ||
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divestment or shareholder activism
november 2022 Chris Cox – Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment
Christopher Cox is the associate director of Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment. Chris also led the Human Thread Campaign, a program of Seventh Generation Interfaith and Catholic effort to raise awareness, direct action and build solidarity with garment workers. Previously, he served in multicultural and low-income communities in the U.S. and Latin America. He earned an M.Div. and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:24:29 Joe Dubaniewicz-LWV-MKE: Joe D. was there. I got a 'ME Energies' tee shirt out of it. 00:25:22 Steven Alexander: I am still upset with the doubling of the facilities charge 00:28:14 Mark1: What we NEED now is to allow off the grid without meters or contact with the utility. Freedom. REAL competition. 00:33:02 Mark1: RethinkX: We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most profound disruption of the energy sector in over a century. 00:33:22 Joe Dubaniewicz-LWV-MKE: Mark1, I agree, BUT the government is demanding DCFC chargers, which isn't cheap. Level2 charging can be powered by solar/battery storage for a modest cost (but it should be breaking even deal). 00:34:42 Mark1: Read the report from RethinkX from my quote. 00:34:59 Joe Dubaniewicz-LWV-MKE: It is not 'An Inconvenient Truth" sequel, right? 00:35:21 Terry Wiggins: Right, Joe 00:35:54 Mark1: Economics is going to drive the change using capitalism. Strange but true. 00:37:26 Mark1: Change ALWAYS starts slow then grows exponentially. I see it moving every day. 00:37:59 Mark1: ESG is a fraud. 00:42:14 Joe Dubaniewicz-LWV-MKE: Mr. Cox: what is your opinion about B Corporations? 00:47:47 Mark1: Most of those on the list are the worst ones. 00:48:41 Mark1: Not Net Zero Net positive. 00:49:48 Steven Alexander: Chevron put the P in PBS P stands for petroleum. 00:50:38 Mark1: Coal is dead. 00:57:29 Mark1: 2012 the technology was not there. Falling costs and better technology are just about to hit now. Fossil fool bubble is about to burst. 00:59:17 Charlie Bensinger: Hundreds of new coal plants are under construction or in planning stages. 01:01:37 Mark1: They will be called stranded assets. Many are being cancelled. The energy transition is underway, accelerating and unstoppable. 01:03:41 Mark1: The high cost of fossil fools is only accelerating the tramsition 01:03:49 Charlie Bensinger: McKibben says we “need to stop burning stuff” 01:04:31 Steven Alexander: Do people remember 20 years, and more, ago scraping lots of dead insects off your windshield? Funny today they are all gone. Warmer planet is why 01:05:00 Mark1: Solar Wind and Batteries are the lowest cost energy. 01:05:31 Steven Alexander: Ben & Jerrys 01:05:35 Mark1: SWB=Solar Wind Battery remember that. 01:06:12 Charlie Bensinger: Trouble is solar and wind take up vast amounts of land and affected folks are pushing back. Several states have moratoriums on solar and wind farms. 01:06:40 Steven Alexander: Lots of Roofs seeing the sun 01:07:21 Mark1: Greenwashers will be in trouble and die due to costs. 01:08:44 Charlie Bensinger: The US patent office has “sequestered” over 5,000 patents because they threaten “national security”, meaning the fossil fuel industry. We likely have new advanced energy technologies that are, in effect, “not allowed”. 01:09:29 Steven Alexander: Energy cannot be created or destroyed 01:09:44 Mark1: Tesla open sourced all their patents. 01:10:59 Steven Alexander: Ge Appliances 01:11:43 Steven Alexander: GE CTs GE MR machines Most production moved to China where they are sold 01:11:59 Mark1: GE collapsed betting on things like thermal turbines. 01:12:18 Steven Alexander: GE Med still in WI 01:13:05 Steven Alexander: MR machines need Liquid helium to run Super Cool Coils Takes a while to start them up 01:14:00 Steven Alexander: I could put all the accountants on a barge and move them off shore 01:17:16 Mark1: NO Tesla works HARD on responsible mining. 01:17:54 Steven Alexander: Sounds like tesla has good Marketing 01:18:12 Steven Alexander: tesla Fires 01:18:21 Mark1: The best PR is no PR 01:18:49 Mark1: Gas cars are 10X more likely to burn 01:18:54 Steven Alexander: Anyone that defends a company it typically is due to marketing 01:19:25 Mark1: NO MBAs 01:21:14 Mark1: Producing the best cars is the best marketing. Tesla 0 advertising. 01:25:04 Mark1: #1 goal is the transition to sustainable energy 01:26:13 Christopher Cox: https://www.iccr.org/sites/default/files/resources_attachments/leo_e._strine_jr._iccr_september_29_2022_-_9.26.22_v3_0.pdf 01:26:53 Mark1: Ban ALL subsidies. 01:28:23 Steven Alexander: Invest in a Wall 01:28:48 Steven Alexander: Crypto is a Ponzi Scheme 01:29:24 Mark1: FTX.COM is in Trouble FTX.US is in sound condition 01:30:11 Steven Alexander: Crypto is unregulated 01:32:25 Steven Alexander: Good night, it is now past my bedtime. 01:32:34 Mark1: RethinkX and Tony Seba are the most accurate predictors. Study them. 01:33:27 Tom Seery Peace Action of Wisconsin: Here I stand, I can do no other 01:33:41 Christopher Cox: If you want to review your investments, this website is hepful: https://investyourvalues.org/ 01:35:14 Mark1: I'm up 1200% on my investments. 01:36:14 Mark1: Trump is running for Prez. Surprise. LOL! 01:37:17 Tom Seery Peace Action of Wisconsin: Thanks Chris, for that web site. |
Pipelines & Tim Michels
September 2022 Tim Michels And The Opposition To Line 5 - 50 min. Radio interview w/ Paul and Jill
Meeting chat dialog (view...)
00:17:55 Mark1: Good evening 00:18:13 Mark1: Hello 00:18:37 Mark1: MarkP did you forget me? 00:19:21 Mark1: No mic 00:19:51 Mark1: Potochnik 00:21:23 Pam Richard Milwaukee: In Milwaukee we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland, and with respect to the Anishinabe, Oneida and other First Nations of Wisconsin. 00:22:51 Pam Richard Milwaukee: MKE UNITY FIRE, Day Of Peace - END RACISM. BUILD PEACE SEPT 20 AT 6 PM – SEPT 21 AT 7:30 PM Alice’s Garden 2136 N 21st St, Milwaukee, WI (near North Ave) 00:29:05 Michael Komba (he/him): Unity fire Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/481200077344387/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D 00:38:11 Michael Komba (he/him): ❤️❤️❤️ 00:48:33 Pam Richard Milwaukee: Notice of Public Hearing for proposed pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac between Mackinaw City and Saint Ignace, Michigan The purpose of the public hearing is to acquire information which will be considered in evaluating the permit application and to afford the public an opportunity to present their views, opinions, and information on the proposed permit action. The Corps has not yet prepared an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement but will consider all comments presented orally during the hearing or in writing during the public hearing comment period in its evaluation. Public hearing date and time: December 7, 2020, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST. 00:49:06 Pam Richard Milwaukee: Pre-registration by email to [email protected] is requested but not required. The email should include the participant’s name, organization (if any), and whether they wish to comment at the hearing. Those who do not pre-register will also have an opportunity to participate and comment at the hearing. The public hearing will be held in accordance with the procedures in 33 CFR Part 327. Written comments on the project will be accepted through December 17, 2020. Written comments should be emailed to [email protected] but may be submitted in writing and postmarked or delivered by the expiration date of this notice. Comments of a positive or negative nature may be submitted. All responses must refer to file number LRE-2010-00463-56-A19. Mailed comments should be filed with: 00:49:45 Pam Richard Milwaukee: Kerrie E. Kuhne Chief, Permit Evaluation Western Branch Regulatory Office Corps of Engineers, Detroit District 477 Michigan Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226-2550 Additional Information: This notice is also available for viewing/printing at: http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryProgramandPermits/PublicNotices.aspx. Additional information regarding the Corps’ review of the application is on our website at https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory-Program-and-Permits/Enbridge-Line-5-Tunnel/. Questions concerning this application may be directed to Katie Otanez at the Corps of Engineers address listed above, by email to [email protected] or by telephone at (313) 226-5479. 00:57:46 Mark1: Pipelines will become stranded assets soon. 01:06:26 Jeanne: How do we get everyone to hear this? Get the word out? 01:07:51 Charlie Bensinger: What kind of resistance is currently being planned to prevent further pipeline construction? 01:09:40 jill: JOIN MY CAMPAIGN ON FB & TWITTER #NEVERMICHELSWI 01:16:15 jill: Go to communitiesunitedbywater.org for a deep dive on Line 5 01:25:22 Mark1: The end of the internal combustion engine is coming faster than most experts predicted. I believe you can count the years on one hand. EV growth is exponential. Means all these past years mean nothing. 01:32:12 Charlie Bensinger: EVs are helpful but there's still the need for fossil fuels for heating and electricity production. 01:32:40 Mark1: Anything to slow them down will help. 01:33:02 jill: go to tinyurl.com/Line5Tour for a self guided tour of the propsed reroutes 01:33:46 Charlie Bensinger: 6000 patents are “sequestered” at the US patent office. How many of those patents might promise new kinds of advanced energy generation? 01:38:57 Mark1: CB Solar/Wind/Battery is the future. Lowering cost to near zero. It means fossil fools will be out priced. The grid will be solar wind battery. Check the work of RethinKX and Tony Seba See their work on youtube. It will put fossil fools into a huge bubble. Coming faster than you think. 01:40:41 Charlie Bensinger: Fossil fuels, solar and wind are 200+ yr old ways of generating energy. Hard to believe we don't have some kind of advanced energy systems more advanced? Unless we do, but they're being kept “unavailable” to the public. 01:44:04 Mark1: Horses and animals for work/transport were dominate for thousands of years. In 10 years it was 80% cars and trucks. Change is coming faster now 01:46:44 Charlie Bensinger: How come our electronics and other technologies advance at lightspeed, but we’re still using an energy technology that’s unchanged since the start of the industrial revolution? 01:48:20 Mark1: Solar/Wind/Battery are electronic. Competition is big in that area. 01:49:09 Mark1: On patents Tesla gets a patent and puts them into open source. 01:49:59 Charlie Bensinger: Good stuff if you're wealthy. No so affordable for everyone else. 01:53:10 Mark1: Competition is bringing costs now. I saw a solar tiny home for $25,000 $28K if you want a bigger battery. Incredibletinyhomes.com 01:55:31 Pam Richard Milwaukee: The Bad River flowing through Copper Falls State Park. The U.S. EPA said Enbridge's proposed Line 5 project may have "substantial and unacceptable" impacts to the Bad River and Kakagon Sloughs. Danielle Kaeding/WPR The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is the lead state agency permitting the $450 million project. In December, it released a draft environmental review of the company’s plan that critics blasted as incomplete and flawed. Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the state's review failed to fully analyze the ways in which the project could harm the environment, as well as tribal resources and treaty rights. "We think that many of the comments we've provided to take climate change into account, and to do a much more thorough review of the potential impact on tributaries and on those wetlands, will assist in a better review," EPA’s Regional Administrator Debra Shore told Wisconsin Public Radio's "The Morning Show." about our speakers (view...)
Paul DeMain: Paul DeMain, board chair for the environmental organization Honor The Earth. Former managing editor and CEO of Indian Country Communications, News from Indian Country, and producer for Indian Country TV, based on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation in northern Wisconsin. He's a member of the Oneida Nation of WI, and of Ojibwe descent, with relations on many Ojibwe reservations here in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He's also a former Indian Affairs Policy Advisor under Governor Anthony S. Earl from 1982-1986.
Jill Ferguson: Jill Ferguson was nicknamed “Badass Grandma” by the youth who watched her truthtell for hours to one officer after another ordered to arrest her at the Treaty People Gathering in June 2021. Some officers were moved to tears as she spoke of the water and lives that would be harmed by Line 3, as well as the personal harms they were suffering from their work. Most were not able to follow through with arresting her. summary (view...)
Skabewis DeMain began by sending appreciation to people and organizations working with and helping water protectors and mentioning various ways help has been offered. He then talked about the 100s of defendants in northern Minnesota arrested during protests and talks about Winona LaDuke’s experience. He covers:
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plastic reduction and you (+ industry)
july 2022 Plastic Reduction and You (and Industry)
Marissa Jablonski, PhD Follow/Contact: marissajablonski.com Resources: Plastic-Free Everyday - Marissa Jablonski, PhD Plastic: Breaking Up is Hard To Do | TEDxUWMilwaukeeSalon Developing a New Relationship with Plastics | TEDxLakelandUniversity Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic Terese Agnew Quilter The Glass Pantry - "Zero waste", bulk store in Walker's Point |
regional 350 update & networking
june 2022 350wi, 350chicago, mn350, 350mke
Regional 350 Update & Networking 350 Milwaukee was joined by leaders and members of 350 Wisconsin, 350 Chicago and 350 Minnesota. Leaders from each 350 group give a brief overview of their organization. This is followed by a Q&A discussion ranging across campaign structuring, volunteer engagement and community engagement.
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militarism and the climate
may 2022 Julie Enslow & George Martin
Militarism and the Climate The two giant threats to life as we know it, how they are connected, and our responsibility to preserve the beauty and wonder of creation. Julie Enslow has worked on peace, nuclear disarmament and environmental issues since the Vietnam War. She was a co-founder in 1977 of Mobilization for Survival (now Peace Action of Wisconsin) and has served as its program organizer, newsletter editor, and Steering Committee member. For the past eight years she has helped facilitate 350.org Milwaukee, the international climate action group. George Martin, after a career in marketing and healthcare for the homeless, joined Peace Action of Wisconsin as Program Director in 2001. He served as Co-Chair of national United for Peace and Justice for eight years during the Iraq War. He currently works with 350.org Milwaukee and serves on the Milwaukee County and City Task Force on Climate Change and Economic Equity. |
nature needs half & indigenous leadership
april 2022 Amy Lewis & Gwen Bridge
Nature Needs Half & Indigenous Leadership: Transforming Society's Relationship with the Land Watch and listen as Gwen Bridge and Amy Lewis discuss the importance of Nature Needs Half (NNH) and why a reconciliation of indigenous and western belief frameworks is important to preserving enough of earth’s ecosystem to sustain life.
Drawing on her indigenous heritage, western education and consulting work, Gwen shares experiences and insights on indigenous culture, the authority of nature, reimagining society, indigenous law, the impacts of residential schools, and more. This leads to a discussion of Ethical Space and the differences and correlations at the intersection of indigenous and western society’s views and interactions with the natural world. Amy discusses NNH’s foundations and its transformative vision of our relationship with and responsibility to nature – on which all life depends. NNH draws on a long history including Traditional Ecological Knowledge, the Odum brothers, the 30 x 30 Movement to name a few. She also touches on tipping points and Wisconsin’s relationship to the Boreal Forest which is one of five “lungs of the world” that stores one-third of global terrestrial Carbon. After, or before, watching, explore some of the concepts & references cited by Gwen and Amy:
Contact information: [email protected] Gwen Bridge Consulting Advisor - Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative |
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city/county action on climate change
march 2022 Milwaukee Alderman Nik Kovac
City/County Action on Climate Change 
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representative greta neubauer
february 2022 Greta Neubauer
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how to talk to children about climate change
october 2021 How to talk to Children about
Climate Change (Without totally Freaking Them Out) Philip Chard, MS, LCSW, NLP Out of My Mind, LLC Philip Chard is a psychotherapist, author, trainer, and newspaper columnist. You can find his columns at The Shepard Express.
During the meeting he discusses how parents, grandparents, teachers and friends can approach the climate discussion with young children to teenagers, and beyond. Learn about the dos and don'ts of talking to your kids and how their reactions can give incites into how they're feeling. There are many lessons here for talking to your friends and relatives also. Links to some of the resources mentioned by Mr. Chard. Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive - 15 min. TED Talk Greater Good Science Center - University of California, Berkeley |
the climate consensus
september 2021 The Climate Consensus:
How UWM Scientists are Bringing the Climate Conversation to You Clark Evans PhD UWM Professor of Atmospheric Sciences In an engaging presentation, Professor Evans discusses the genesis, mission, and impact on students of The Climate Consensus. His talk is followed by a wide ranging Q&A. He, and members of The Climate Consensus, like to engage with the public and have provided their contact information below.
Contact Information: UWM Professor Clark Evans - [email protected] Clark Evans | Mathematical Sciences - University of Wisconsin Actual Living Scientist: Clark Evans, Professor and Atmospheric Sciences Program Coordinator Janel Hanrahan, Associate Professor, Chair Atmospheric Sciences - [email protected] Janel Hanrahan | Northern Vermont University Advocate: Janel Hanrahan '05 - Alverno Magazine Andrew Westgate, PhD Candidatee, UWM - [email protected] Master’s Thesis Defense: Mr. Andrew Westgate The Climate Consensus A network of concerned scientists speaking up for truth and our future Our vision is to close the consensus gap between experts and non-experts on the subject of human-caused climate change by promoting effective dialog between scientists and the community. Our mission is to empower current and upcoming scientists to engage in climate change outreach. We are establishing pipelines between social and physical scientists and creating a culture shift within academia and the broader science community. |
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enbridge line 3, Jill ferguson & tim cordon
august 2021 Enbridge Line 3
What the #&!! is going on? plus Jill Ferguson - 'Bad #$$ Grandma' and Tim Cordon - Building Unity Wisconsin Line 3 is a tar sands pipeline currently under construction in northern Minnesota — violating treaty rights, risking over 200 bodies of water with the threat of an oil spill, and reversing our progress on climate change with a carbon equivalent of 50 coal-fired power plants.
Line 3 will have the capacity to carry nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from the world’s most destructive oil operation in Canada. The company behind Line 3 is Enbridge, a multinational corporation responsible for the largest US inland oil spill. The pipeline route cuts through untouched wetlands and the treaty territories of Anishinaabe people, through the Mississippi headwaters, and to the shores of Lake Superior. We take a look at Enbridge Line 3 and Enbridge's history of pipeline ruptures. Enbridge is building a new Line 3 the will allow them to double the capacity of Tar Sands Oil being pumped across and into the US. The risk to Indigenous People's treaty rights and lands, wetlands, rivers (including the Mississippi) in addition to the climate is a catastrophe waiting to happen. We also hear from Tim Cordon of Building Unity and Jill Ferguson who has been arrested 3 times while protesting Line 3 construction in northern Minnesota. They talk about their first hand experiences on the front lines. |
congress addresses global warming
july 2021 What’s Congress Doing to Address Global Warming?
Robert Montgomery Director of Operations Office of Congresswoman Gwen Moore|WI-04 Robert Montgomery, Director of Operations in the Office of Congresswoman Gwen Moore|WI-04 discusses congressional initiatives during the Biden administration including the American Jobs Plan, Congresswoman Moore's Home Energy Audit plan and her support of tribal rights. He goes in to discuss some aspects of the Line 3 initiatives and much more.
Later Julie Enslow reviews many of the climate, energy, and environmental actions the Biden Administration has taken since coming into office. Part II
Jill Ferguson Reports on Line 3 for July A lot happened at the Minnesota Line 3 sites during July including the arrests of seven women, amoung them Winona LaDuke, whose bail was set at $5000 and a frack-out spill into the Willow River. Jill Ferguson was unexpectedly arrested for a second time on what was believed to be pubic land. Jill talks about what it is like to be on the front lines, the escalation of enforcement, the local population's actions, the need for support (moral and monetary), and much more. |
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heather allen, renew wi & Line 3 report
june 2021 Heather Allen
Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin Advancing Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Clean Energy Toolkit offers ideas and resources to help Wisconsin communities begin this transition.
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Jill Ferguson Report on Line 3 Protest At the end of the June 2021 350MKE meeting we were joined by Jill Ferguson as she traveled back from the June 5-8 2021 Line 3 protest in Northern Minnesota where she was among the hundred plus protestors arrested. This is the video (26 minutes) of her call. If her descriptions of the protests don't motivate you to do something, nothing will. Listen and find out why they call it the "Treaty People Gathering."
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kiss the ground
may 2021 'Kiss the Ground' Screening
Some highlights of the discussion following the film:
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another road to doomsday - planetary biocide
april 2021 2021 State of the Planet
George Stone, Ph.D. .Professor Emeritus of Natural Science Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.
“Our children and their children will inherit a world of extreme weather events, sea level rise, a drastic loss of plants and animals, food and water insecurity and increasing likelihood of future pandemics,” said report lead author Sir Robert Watson, who has chaired past UN science reports on climate change and biodiversity loss. - UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK |
regenerative agriculture
march 2021 Regenerative Agriculture
Healthy Soil & CO2 Balance John E. Peck Executive Director, Family Farm Defenders P.O. Box 1772, Madison, WI 53701 tel./fax. 608-260-0900 Since many folks were asking on the call and afterwards for some more soil carbon resource links, here are a few to pass along. I've also attached a copy of my own notes from the talk. Thanks for hosting such a lively conversation!
Best - John
Here are a few more ideas to follow-up on Regenerative Farming:
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fair maps for wisconsin - gerrymandering
february 2021 Fair Maps for Wisconsin - Gerrymandering
Matt Rothschild - Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Representative Robyn Vining - WI Assembly District 14 Gerrymandering - Why should voters choose the representatives when the representatives can choose the voters? Matt Rothschild is the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Prior to joining the Democracy Campaign at the start of 2015, Rothschild worked at The Progressive magazine for 32 years. For most of those, he was the editor and publisher of The Progressive. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is working for a real democracy that allows the common good to prevail over narrow interests. Representative Robyn Vining(D) was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2018 when she flipped the 14th State Assembly District in one of the closest elections (138 votes) in the country. Vining was the Primary Sponsor of 2019 Assembly Bill 303 (legislative and congressional redistricting) which failed to pass. In December 2019 she was a principle driver in the launch of the next project of Forward Wisconsin: Fair Maps. Rep. Vining won reelection in 2020 by more than 3,000 votes. Redistricting - Why is it important? The gerrymandering in Wisconsin has skewed the representation of voters in our government. This leads to state policies (including climate) that do not reflect the majority of voters. After each Census (i.e. 2020) the state's congressional and senate districts (both federal and state) are redrawn based on the census population numbers so that each district includes the same number of residents - equal representation. 2021 is the year those district boundaries will be redrawn. "Partisan gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan or incumbent-protected districts." - Fair Maps Coalition Learn more at: YouTube Videos |
saving the great lakes - tim folger
january 2021 Author Tim Folger
talks about Saving the Great Lakes and the Implications of Climate Change During the Q&A a question was asked about the toxins that are released by harmful algal blooms. Tim followed up the next day with "The toxins are called microcystins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcystin"
The December 2020 National Geographic focuses on the Great Lakes and Tim's assignment to write on the Great Lakes begins with the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire. In his interview with Great Lakes Now he says: "Yeah, that was a challenge with such a complex system – the largest freshwater system in the world, what do you write about? But there are really three big problems that became obvious as soon as you at start looking into the story. No. 1 is climate change is kind of the overarching problem that makes all the other problems worse, and if we don’t address climate change, all the other problems will be very difficult to remedy. So that was No. 1." |
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we energies guest speakers
december 2020 Our guest speakers from
WEC (We Energies) were Richard Stasik (Director State Regulatory Affairs) and Tanya Holler Muench (Director Corporate Communications) The presentation and discussion centered around:
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tyler huebner and kristy nieto - renew wi
november 2020 Our guest speakers were Tyler Huebner Wisconsin PSC Commissioner And Kristy Nieto Division of Digital Access, Consumer and Environmental Affairs Kristy is an expert on disconnections and re-connections of service. Tyler started with RENEW Wisconsin in June of 2013, and since he last joined us in October 2019, has been appointed (March 2020) to the PSC by Governor Evers. Tyler has been interested, and involved, in a sustainable world at least since high school and university and has held a number of related positions. Please join us to hear his perspectives and bring questions. Kristy has been with the PSCW for 7 years. Her work has focused on customer policy issues. Kristy has also held roles at the PSCW as deputy administrator for the division of business and program management, as the assistant administrator for telecommunications and consumer affairs, and as a consumer policy analyst. Prior to joining the PSCW, Kristy managed a bilingual consumer protection outreach program for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. *The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) is an independent regulatory agency dedicated to serving the public interest. The agency is responsible for the regulation of Wisconsin public utilities, including those that are municipally owned, since 1907. |
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the health hazards of coal plants
october 2020 We screened We Neighbors a 20 minute documentary followed by a presentation from Linus Santo Tomas MD, MS Pulmonary Medicine, MCW & Froedtert Dr. Santo Tomas give his presentation on "The Health Hazards of Coal Plants" where he examines the impact of coal on human health from mine to smoke stack. And then a Q&A Documentary underscores lingering bad blood over coal plant "For years, a small handful of neighbors have been making baseless accusations related to our operations in Oak Creek. We take both our environmental and community responsibilities very seriously." Brendan Conway, We Energies spokesman |
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milwaukee's new solar energy project
march 2020 Milwaukee’s New Solar Energy Project and Plans for the Future
Our guest speaker, Erick Shambarger, discussed the new Milwaukee deal with We Energies for a large solar array south of the airport. He also addressed Milwaukee’s plans to address climate change.
Erick Shambarger is the Sustainability Director of the Milwaukee Environmental Collaboration Office |
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december 6 wells fargo sit-in
december 2019 Discussion of December 6 Wells Fargo Sit-in Countries are not doing enough to keep Earth's temperature from rising to near-catastrophic levels, a UN report says - CNN November 26, 2019 |
renew Wi analysis of WEC renewable plan
october 2019 Guest Speaker - Tyler Huebner
Executive Director - RENEW Wisconsin Large Solar & Wind Deployment for WI Handout Tyler also cited a Union of Concerned Scientists article New Data Show Electric Vehicles Continue to Get Cleaner And check out How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle? to find the CO2 (or equivalent MPG) for specific electric vehicles. Another interesting resource is the EPA's Power Profiler with great information about the subregion electrical grids. Tyler Huebner discussed RENEW Wisconsin's analysis of We Energies' Renewable Plan Also, see Rich Stasik's (WEC Director of Regulations) presentation on WEC's Renewable Plans at our September meeting. If you're more ambitious, read WEC's Pathway to a Cleaner Energy Future. |
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WEC's (we energies) Renewable Plan
september 2019 Richard Stasik, WEC (and We Energies) Director of Regulations, Finance, Plan, Systems & Strategy
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tyler huebner
july 2019 We Energies' renewable strategies and their Solar "Tax" - what we can do. Guest Speaker - Tyler Huebner Executive Director - RENEW Wisconsin | ||||
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Milwaukee Alderman Nik Kovac
june 2019 
Milwaukee Alderman Nik Kovac spoke on
"The City vs. We Energies." Nik Kovac is an alderman on the Milwaukee Common Council. First elected in 2008, Kovac represents the city’s East Side, Riverwest, and a portion of downtown. Milwaukee Steps Up to Fight Climate Change - Shepherd Express, Feb. 12, 2019 “It’s obvious to see what is going on. WE Energies can’t even pretend to be for solar,” Kovac continues. “They are clearly protecting their monopoly on power, no matter how it’s generated. If anyone else tries to be innovative or efficient with money, they will throw their body in front of it. Not because it has anything to do with the world or their customers, but to protect their monopoly. WE Energies has more power than anyone else in our region and has used their power to expand their carbon footprint rather than reduce it.” News release - by Ald. Nik Kovac- May 31st, 2019 10:40 am “Supporting the federal Green New Deal legislation is a win-win for all of us,” said Ald. Kovac. “Not only will the Green New Deal mean a cleaner, safer, greener natural environment, but it also addresses the challenges to our built environment, such as overhauling our transportation systems to eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and investing instead in clean, affordable and accessible public transportation.” Margaret Swedish
april 2019 
Dealing With the Global Warming Crisis On an Ethical and Spiritual Level
The news of increased global warming and climate disruption is more and more alarming. How do we go forward to deal with this reality, respond to it, and not sink into despair? Writer, lecturer and director of Center For a New Creation, Margaret Swedish writes, "Climate catastrophe is already here, [as evidenced by current news reports]. So all the work we do now will be done in that context. Humans are going to have to start figuring out how to reinvent how we live on a warming planet while trying to keep things from getting worse than the warming already locked in over the next few decades. That will require seriously changing how we live." "Our work now is not a salvage operation of a system moving into collapse, but to start putting our deepest ethical values and our most creative thinking into how we start moving into new ways of life.” |
Youth Leadership on Climate Action
may 2019 
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the reluctant radical
march 2019 "They told him he was crazy, but crazy is sitting idly by as disaster for young people is knowingly locked in." - Dr. James Hansen Climate Scientist THE RELUCTANT RADICAL follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. After twenty years leading environmental organizations, Ken became increasingly alarmed by both the scientific evidence of climate change and the repercussions for civilization as we know it. Ken pushed for a crisis level response from inside environmental organizations. Those efforts failed, and he now embraces direct action civil disobedience as the most effective political tool to deal with catastrophic circumstances. Learn more here Review - Tom Martinez Review - Kickstarter |
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"Living Without Plastic"
february 2019 Presented by Plastics-Free Milwaukee Plastic-Free Milwaukee is a volunteer group aimed raising awareness about plastic pollution and reducing single-use plastic in the greater Milwaukee area “Dear Future Generations, Sorry” - prince ea
November 2018 Video: Prince Ea We watched the video created by Prince Ea (American spoken word artist, poet, hip hop artist, and filmmaker) “Dear Future Generations, Sorry” |
Will Drawdown Reduce Global Warming?
january 2019 Guest presenter, Bruce Wiggins
Presentation based on the popular Drawdown book and website. In addition to stopping the burning of fossil fuels, learn how we can draw down CO2 back into the earth. Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. We did not make or devise the plan—the plan exists and is being implemented worldwide. It has been difficult to envision this possibility because the focus is overwhelmingly on the impacts of climate change. We gathered a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research, and model the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change. What was uncovered is a path forward that can roll back global greenhouse gas emissions within thirty years. The research revealed that humanity has the means and techniques at hand. Nothing new needs to be invented, yet many more solutions are coming due to purposeful human ingenuity. The solutions we modeled are in place and in action. Humanity’s task is to accelerate the knowledge and growth of what is possible as soon as possible. climate change 2018 update - george stone, PhD
january 2018 350 Milwaukee hosted Dr. George Stone, professor emeritus of Geology and Earth Sciences at MATC. He presented an update of 2018 climate events and a plan of action to address the critical issue of global warming.
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