By Carl Lindner Two years ago, almost to the day, a dozen or so members of the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin gathered in Ziegler Park, across from We Energies’ headquarters. They were there to protest the pollution and health hazards caused by the two large coal-burning plants in Oak Creek. Since 2017 the […]
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NAACP WI Program: Coal Blooded Clean Air Webinar
The NAACP WI chapter has sponsored the program, Coal Blooded Clean Air Webinar: Equity and the Environment. The event will take place on Saturday, October 24 from 7 to 9 PM CT. There is registration for the online event. Above all, the Clean Air webinar is about climate justice based on the NAACP’s Coal Blooded […]
WEC Energy Group turns focus to carbon-neutral by 2050 goal
Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group, the holding company that owns We Energies, aims to be a carbon-neutral future by 2050 for its electric generation fleet. The company reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent in 2019 and 2020. Originally, the company forecasted that it would meet that system-wide goal by 2030. Brendan Conway, WEC Energy Group’s […]
“Solar Now” Project Readying for Launch
As part of a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, WE Energies is leasing approximately 10 acres of land east of the Facilities Management building to construct and operate a 2.25 Megawatt ground-mounted solar array for energy generation. The energy generated by the array will be sent back to the WE Energies electrical grid and […]
Oak Creek Neighbors Renew Coal Dust Concerns After Fence Falls
OAK CREEK, WI — Officials with WE Energies says it will only be a matter of days before repairs are complete on several panels of fencing that had fallen last week due to storms and high winds that moved through the area. The fence, officials said, was put in place to slow winds down, effectively […]
Two Men Rescued From Early Morning House Fire
By Bill Houston Racine, WI — No injuries were reported after the Racine Fire Department responded to an early morning house fire, 3511 19th St., Sunday, Nov. 10. When firefighters arrived on the scene just before 3:30 a.m. they saw flames coming from a roof vent on the north side of the single-story rental property. […]
Public Notice on WE Energies’ Oak Creek Plant (Effective October 2019)
STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION TO REISSUE A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT No. WI-0000914-08-0 Permittee: Wisconsin Electric Power Co Oak Cr Plnt Elm R, 11060 S. Chicago Road, Oak Creek, WI, 53201 Facility Where Discharge Occurs: Wisconsin Electric Power Co Oak Cr Plnt Elm , 11060 […]
Letter to the Editor: We Energies–Way Too Little, Much Too Late
Residents of Southeast Wisconsin inhale the most polluted air in the state. The air quality consistently receives an “F” from the American Lung Association. We Energies, with its two large coal plants in Oak Creek, continues to endanger the health of all who live within 25 miles of the plants. The coal dust particles being […]
UPDATE: Power restored to 1,200 We Energies
UPDATE: Power was restored at about 5:15 p.m., but the cause of the outage has not been determined. STURTEVANT, WI – Almost 1,200 We Energies customers have been without power since 4:11 p.m. Thursday in the Sturtevant area. According to We Energies’ power outage map, the cause of the outage has not yet been determined. However, […]
Column: How dirty is Racine County’s air?
Southeast Wisconsin has a serious air quality problem, and it is impacting the health of residents in Racine County. In observance of: Air Quality Awareness Week, April 29 – May 3, 2019National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, MayWorld Asthma Day, May 7, 2019 here are some air quality and asthma facts and how the two […]
Several coal cars derail in Caledonia
Five Union Pacific Railroad cars carrying coal derailed near Highway 32 by Five Mile Road at about 4:30 a.m. Monday morning spilling coal on the tracks. No one was injured. The cars derailed when they hit a switch by Five Mile Road and flipped over into a field. They were taking the coal to the […]
Coal plant neighbors to deliver petition to We Energies
Coal plant neighbors and other members of the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin are bringing in the season with a different kind of caroling this year. They plan to deliver a list of 1,713 petition signatures to the WE Energies’ Milwaukee headquarters. The petitions outline the neighbors long-standing issues around the WE Energies Oak Creek […]
Bill payment demand scam warning comes from BBB and We Energies
Scammers are taking advantage of the public – including the Hispanic community – by impersonating energy company representatives. Using a service disconnection threat, scammers try to convince the consumer to purchase prepaid debit cards and provide the card information to them. Utility company officials warn you to not be fooled. “(The Better Business Bureau) has […]
Opinion: We Energies commitment to coal comes at expense of health
Over the years, a number of neighbors have lived with coal dust covering their homes. This swab came from a home that We Energies bought purchased as part of a mediated settlement. The homeowners suffered from several illnesses associated with living near a power plant. A few days ago, Alliant Energy and WEC Energy Group […]
Wisconn Valley neighbors pull up stakes
The agrarian and rural residential setting on Braun Road will soon change dramatically, as work continues on the expansive site for the future Foxconn company facility and Wisconsin Valley Science & Technology Park in the Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Monday June 11, 2018. (c) Mark Hertzberg, for Racine County Eye Work continues on the […]
