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Update Notification
Governor's Task Force on Global Warming
Governor Doyle signed Executive Order 191 bringing together a prominent and diverse group of key Wisconsin business, industry, government, energy and environmental leaders to create a Task Force on Global Warming. After examining the effects of, and solutions to, global warming in Wisconsin, the Task Force will create a state plan of action to reduce our state's greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Natural Resources and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) are providing staff support to the Task Force.
Revised Comprehensive Strawman Proposal
and Future Steps
On June 26th Task Force members voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Revised Strawman Proposal. The Task Force is now moving on to preparing a Final Report. The Final Report, which will be presented for adoption on July 24th, will contain many policy ideas which have consensus support. These ideas can be found on the Policy Templates page and in the Interim Report, A Wisconsin Strategy for Reducing Global Warming [PDF 4.8MB].
In addition to these consensus policies, the Task Force considered issues on which there were divergent views. The Revised Comprehensive Strawman Proposal was developed in order to resolve these issues, and they will be included in the Final Report as well.
Future Meeting Dates:
- On July 10th the Technical Advisory Group will be having a conference call meeting from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room 730 of the State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Madison.
- The Task Force will meet on Thursday, July 24th to vote on adoption of the Final Report. The time and location of the meeting will be determined soon.
General Public Comments
The public and organizations are invited to submit comments to the Task Force or any of its work groups on an ongoing basis using the email address below.
DNRGLOBALWARMTFCOMMENTS@wisconsin.gov
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