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Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
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86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
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Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018
Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan
Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
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"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
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3 comments:
I am not sure what wind power has to do with same sex marriage, which is the story to where the link from the word Town takes you, but...
"Oh, look, Tonette! We must be getting close to the Mercedes Benz plant!"
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2015/05/01/midamerican-energy-wind-investment-berkshire-hathaway/26696643/
"Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy said Friday it's investing $900 million more into wind energy, bringing the company's total wind investment to $6.7 billion.
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