Energy & Environment

This month, President Obama laid out an ambitious environmental agenda in a cornerstone speech of his Presidency. Specifically, President Obama listed a number of new initiatives his administration would champion. The most significant component of the speech is the increased regulations of emissions from existing power plants.

Last month, President Obama fulfilled a key campaign promise made during his second inaugural address to take significant action...

Advanced Disposal, an integrated environmental services company, has completed the acquisition of Sheboygan Waste Materials Co., further expanding the company's eastern Wisconsin footprint.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, announced that president and chief executive officer Eric Apfelbach has been invited for the second consecutive year to serve the Clinton Global Initiative as a member of the Renewable & Distributed Energy Working Group, which met Friday.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, announced that president and chief executive officer Eric Apfelbach has been invited for the second consecutive year to serve the Clinton Global Initiative as a member of the Renewable & Distributed Energy Working Group, which met this morning.

Manitowoc-based Orion Energy Systems Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Harris Manufacturing Inc. and Harris LED LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fla.

A day after a wildfire consumed nearly 9,000 acres and 47 structures in Douglas County in northwestern Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the National Weather Service, has announced that a Red Flag Warning is in effect today in Florence and Marinette counties and the DNR suspended all burning permits throughout the state today.

Twelve Wisconsin companies have been nominated for the Business Friends of the Environment Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), honoring leadership in pollution prevention, environmental innovation and stewardship.

Customers who turned up their thermostats during the cold temperatures in the first quarter provided a boost to Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp., which today reported net income from continuing operations of $176.6 million, or 76 cents a share for the first quarter, up 4.5 percent from net income from continuing operations of $172.1 million or 74 cents a share for the first quarter of 2012.