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Global Warming Task Force Recommendations Fall Short

This just in from the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters:

PROTECT A PAST PRIORITY--SEND COMMENTS BY WEDNESDAY AT 5 PM!

Dear Steve,

As you probably remember, Gov. Doyle signed the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bill (Act 141)
in March 2006.  Citizens had been contacting their legislators for well
over a year about this bill, and for good reason--it set a renewable
energy standard of 10% by 2015, and put Wisconsin on the path to clean,
renewable energy sources and jobs of the future.  It was an important,
forward-thinking step in the face of a changing economy and the looming
global warming crisis.   

One year later, in April 2007, Gov. Doyle signed Executive Order 191, which created the Governor's Task Force on Global Warming. 
The Task Force was charged with developing policy recommendations to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  This, too, was an important step
because scientists have said we must begin to address global warming
immediately.

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