Energy & Environment

The City of Milwaukee's Office of Environmental Sustainability partnered with Rock the Green to hold the third annual "Milwaukee's Earth Day Celebration" on April 22 in downtown Milwaukee. The celebration featured a variety of onsite eco-friendly efforts, including reclamation stations facilitated by Waste Management, sustainable and organic lunches, a bicycle pedal-powered stage, and eco-educational booths staffed by event sponsors and organizations. The celebration also included addresses from community leaders about ongoing sustainability initiatives. Photos contributed by Rock the Green, which will host its third near-zero waste music festival in Milwaukee this September.

Milwaukee-based Telkonet Inc. today reported a 2013 net loss of $3.9 million, or a 4 cent loss per share, down from net income of $390,000, or no earnings per share, in 2012.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $1 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Milwaukee.

American Transmission Co. today filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to rebuild a 12.5 mile, 138,000-volt electric transmission line in western Kenosha County.

K&K Screw Products LLC and KKSP Precision Machining LLC have been ordered to pay $80,000 in forfeitures, court costs and surcharges for violating Wisconsin's air pollution control laws at a Pleasant Prairie facility.

K&K Screw Products LLC and KKSP Precision Machining LLC have been ordered to pay $80,000 in forfeitures, court costs and surcharges for violating Wisconsin's air pollution control laws at a Pleasant Prairie facility.

Matt Neumann’s Pewaukee-based company, Sunvest Solar, is running hot these days. It has more than 210 solar energy projects in some phase of installation, he told attendees at a recent conference in Madison, but only one in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee County will evaluate the possibility of installing a solar farm on its property at General Mitchell International Airport at its next meeting on Feb. 6.

Are we running out of renewable fuel? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the answer is yes.

Wired Wisconsin is offering its E-Cycle Wisconsin program for those who received electronic gifts for the holidays and want to dispose of used electronics.