[Windsor, Wisc…] Less than two years ago, the State of Wisconsin handed over $500 thousand to a Canadian company to open a solar panel recycling plant near De Forest. Last month, 5N Plus idled the plant after global prices for the metals salvaged at the recycling operation plummeted. Over a dozen people lost their jobs there. The now empty facility is a reminder of the risk taxpayers take in subsidizing the renewable energy industry, and how government cannot control all the market factors that impact business. Read More Another Green Energy Company Goes Bust
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Public Funds Prop Up Green Energy PR Fest
Green Energy Summit “Sponsored” by More Than $250,000 in Public Funds MacIver News Service | March 12, 2012 [Milwaukee] Given the amount of public money dumped into green energy over the past few years, it shouldn’t be surprising governments spent… Read More Public Funds Prop Up Green Energy PR Fest
Tracking Return on Investment in the “Green Economy”
MacIver News Service | January 16, 2012 ZBB Energy, a Menomonee Falls based green energy company, is in a race to bring new green technologies to market as it finds itself in the center of the debate over whether government… Read More Tracking Return on Investment in the “Green Economy”
Focus on Doyle-Era Tax Being Rolled Back
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute The Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) repealed at least one Doyle-era hidden tax on Wisconsinites last week. The JFC, under Republican control, undid a mandated increase in fees for… Read More Focus on Doyle-Era Tax Being Rolled Back
Christopher Horner to Speak in Milwaukee Tonight
MacIver News Service | November 17, 2010 [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Students at Marqutte University will have the opportunity to hear a skeptic’s take on the issue of global warming tonight. Christopher Horner, senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington,… Read More Christopher Horner to Speak in Milwaukee Tonight