Walker's anti-environment agenda destroys Wisconsin jobs

[Willinois]

Here's an editorial from Wisconsin about the jobs Walker has driven out of the state by attacking clean energy projects.

Quote:We elect governors to solve problems, not create them. Unfortunately, when it comes to energy and green jobs, Gov. Scott Walker is making things worse. Here’s how:

One of the big drags on our state’s economy is the amount of money we spend for energy. Right now we send $12.5 billion every year to out-of-state companies to power our businesses and homes and to fuel our vehicles.

Walker is making this problem even worse:

• Walker stopped construction of a new biomass power plant. This renewable energy plant would have produced power locally with the added benefit of buying biomass from local farmers or utilizing waste wood.

• Walker shelved the wind energy siting rules devised through years of negotiation. That cost about 1,100 Wisconsin jobs and dried up $600 million in investments by driving three wind farm companies out of state.

Creating clean energy jobs is still the best thing going for the national economy. The Republicans' devotion to the fossil fuel industry is slowing job growth.

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wow.

i hope they make ads making that VERY CLEAR, for the recall!

thank you for posting that, Willinois.