In Case You Missed It: GOP Raises DHS Funding Without Expanding Medicaid, Wind Energy Is Not Eco-Friendly, And Trump Continues To Deregulate

By MacIverNews - June 7, 2019

Budget, Department of Health Services, Federal Reserve, Governor Tony Evers, Interest Rates, Medicaid Expansion, President Donald Trump, Wind Energy, Wisconsin State Budget

This week, the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted to expand DHS funding without expanding Medicaid; Wind Energy is found nowhere near as good as advertised; and Trump continues to deregulate as promised. Before your kids last day of school, here are some important articles for the fiscal conservative, in case you missed it. Read More In Case You Missed It: GOP Raises DHS Funding Without Expanding Medicaid, Wind Energy Is Not Eco-Friendly, And Trump Continues To Deregulate

Final Clean Power Plan Whacks Wisconsin

By MacIver Institute - August 10, 2015

Clean Power Plan, Coal, Coal Power, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Obama, Solar, Solar Power, Wind, Wind Energy

MacIver Perspective by Matt Crumb – President Obama announced the final Clean Power Plan format this week that takes aim at coal-fired power plants in an effort to drop carbon emissions levels 32 percent by 2030, based on their 2005 levels. Each state will have to submit a plan tailored specifically to their emissions levels no later than 2018 and start full compliance no later than 2022. Read More Final Clean Power Plan Whacks Wisconsin

MacIver Partners with Reason Foundation on Alternative Energy Study

By MacIver Institute - October 4, 2012

Alternative Energy, Reason Foundation, Wind Energy

The new MacIver Institute-Reason Foundation report uses a full year’s worth of hour-by-hour power grid data from PJM Interconnection, which manages the electrical grid in part of the Eastern United States, to simulate how wind would’ve supplied the necessary power to customers in 2009. Reason’s models show wind power would’ve failed to supply all of the electricity PJM customers needed over 50 percent of the time. Read More MacIver Partners with Reason Foundation on Alternative Energy Study