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Lt. Governor Announces New Online Tool to Help Homes and Businesses Make Switch to Renewable Energy

Lt Governor Barbara Lawton today announced an easy way to wean your home and business from fossil fuels with the launch of a new online tool designed to connect consumers to all they need to switch to renewable energy.

“All of us in Wisconsin cherish the beauty of our environment,” Lt. Gov. Lawton said. “And every one of us has the power to keep it clean and green. I want it to be as easy as a click of your mouse to make a change that will do just that and contribute to a robust green economy.”

Lawton announced the new web tool at Carolyn’s Coffee Connection, a downtown Kenosha coffee shop that makes sustainability the foundation for its profitable business. Owner Carolyn Berg has made the switch to 100 percent renewable energy as a source of electricity in both her home and business.

Lawton said that roughly 90 percent of residential utility customers have access to “green pricing programs,” which give consumers the option to pay a small premium to power their homes and businesses with renewable energy sources like wind, landfill gas and methane. Lawton provides the website as part of her Green Economy Agenda, to boost visibility of options utilities now make available across the state.

“People in every one of 72 counties have the option to power their homes with renewable energy, but only about 1.6 percent of them take advantage of this tremendous opportunity,” Lawton said. “Imagine what we could accomplish in terms of reducing our carbon emissions, increasing our energy independence and driving development of alternative energy sources if every one of us who can afford about $10 per month made the switch to renewable energy in our home and business.”

Lawton noted that renewable energy purchased through green pricing programs goes above and beyond the ten percent renewable energy requirement dictated by the Renewable Portfolio standard signed into law by Governor Jim Doyle in 2005.

Lawton said that each household that switches to renewable energy prevents a ton of coal from being burned. For every 1,000 homes that switch to 100 percent renewable energy, 3.28 million pounds of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere — the equivalent of removing 300 cars from the road for a year. Lawton said she made the change in her Madison apartment and home in Algoma in just minutes.

“Wisconsin boasts a rich mix of resources being developed to power our homes and businesses in a way that increases our energy independence and reduces our carbon emissions,” Lawton said. “From wind to landfill gas to hydroelectric power to sources of energy not yet imagined, Wisconsin is poised the lead the transition to a renewable energy future that will mean new jobs and a strengthened economy.”

The website, hosted by the Office of Energy Independence, was created as part of Lawton’s Green Economy Agenda, a series of proposals to empower smart individual and institutional action related to climate change as a strategy to strengthen Wisconsin’s competitive position in a global economy.

Those interested in purchasing renewable energy for their home or business can visit the Office of Energy Independence website at: http://power.wisconsin.gov and click on “Renewable Energy.”

Join us to celebrate Jammin’ the Loop this Saturday May 3rd.
The Radioactive Squirrels will be playing at Carolyn’s Coffee Connection 8-11:00pm.

Be There!

May 3, 2008, 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
$10.00 Advance ticket price
Join the Kenosha History Center for a fun-filled evening at local establishments in the Kenosha Harborside and Downtown areas. The ticket price buys you a wrist band to gain entry at all participating establishments. Each establishment will feature 1 or 2 great bands from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight. Miller specials will be available at all establishments. Shuttle service will be provided back and forth between Downtown and Harborside via the rubber wheeled trolley and a small bus until 1:30 a.m. Park at one location and hop on the trolley or bus to the next establishment. Don’t miss this exciting event!

“In October of 1995, Intelligentsia Coffee was founded on what we consider to be a simple premise: buy, roast, and serve the finest coffees available. Our fanatical attention to detail results in distinctive, award-winning coffees that will please the most discriminating palate.

We purchase our green coffee from either the world’s most renowned importers or directly from the growers themselves. Our purchases are based on the cup quality of the coffee. Whenever possible, we seek growers and importers that are known to be both environmentally and socially responsible. It is almost always the case that these individuals produce and offer the best quality. Our coffee is roasted daily in our vintage German roasters. As a result, you will not find a fresher, more flavorful cup anywhere.”

from the Intelligentsia Coffee website

Special 10% off retail price at the event!

Born in Denmark, Anne Mitchell was raised in Ohio, and now lives with her husband and daughter in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Author of the award-winning “Give It Up! Stop smoking for life” book and audio CD, Anne is trained as a facilitator for the American Cancer Society’s FreshStart stop-smoking program. She also serves as an expert writer for The HealthCentral Network’s StopSmokingConnection.com.

Give It Up! Stop smoking for life is Anne’s first book and was written while she lived in Colorado.

The Lovely Ladies of Kenosha will like to thank you for making this “Holiday Affair” such a succesful event
Enjoy the Holiday Season!

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