A recent study from a Wisconsin think tank suggests that state could increase energy-related jobs and keep money within the state’s borders if it moved away from fossil fuel usage. We turn to the researchers behind the report to consider this and to understand the possible effects on the environment and public health.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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Green Jobs Could Be Good For Wisconsin Workforce
COWS report here
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COWS report says abandoning fossil fuels would boost state economy by $14B.
Moving away from fossil fuels could create thousands of jobs, improve public health, and increase overall economic activity by nearly $14 billion in Wisconsin, according to a new study by COWS.
The election win wasn’t just about Congress. Many of the openings for democratic reform will be in the states.
“We will have people in charge who are actually interested in the project of running government well. This feels enormous, especially for the environment and social services,” says Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS(the Center on Wisconsin Strategy), a research center based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Leadership that is committed to protecting water and resources, to enforcing the law and believing in science: This makes for a better Wisconsin, where state workers can actually do their jobs.”
As director of the UniverCity Alliance at UW-Madison, Gavin Luter tries to bridge the gap between academia and the “real world.”
Despite policies meant to encourage alternatives to cars, traffic in cities has actually increased faster than population.
From 1990 to 2015, the metropolitan population has gone up some 30 percent while urban interstate lane miles have increased 68 percent, according to a new report, and accompanying webinar, from SSTI and the Mayors Innovation Project.
Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, says one key difference is that the Twin Cities metropolitan area, at 3.5 million people, is far larger than that of Milwaukee, home to 1.5 million people. Full story here.
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP)/BIG STEP and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are stepping up to discuss strategies with Invenergy.
As Wisconsin becomes more and more diverse, so do its high school graduates. In 2000, for example, 10 percent of high school graduates in Wisconsin were students of color. By 2016, that number had more than doubled to 22 percent. But how are they fairing in the post-high school higher-education world?
One of the nation’s largest companies is raising its minimum wage for all of its workers. Starting next month, Amazon will pay all its American employees $15 a hour, which is more than double the federal minimum wage. But will other companies follow suit? This hour, economist breaks down the significance of Amazon’s pay hike, the economics of raising the minimum wage, and whether Wisconsin could sustain a move to $15 an hour.
Interview with Laura Dresser on the State of Working Wisconsin.
A look at Wisconsin’s economic recovery since the Recession of 2008 and the people who have been left behind, and inteview with Laura Dresser on Lake Effect, WUWM’s locally-produced magazine program.
UW Study Finds Job Increases, High Productivity And Slow Wage Growth.
Here and Now interview with Laura Dresser.
Anchor Frederica Freyberg and reporter Zac Schultz engage Wisconsin's business and political leaders in conversation on the week's major news.
To learn more about this new report and what this research tells us about automation and the future of work, visit the interactive report.
Live from the South Central Federation of Labor's Annaul LaborFest, Associate Director Laura Dresser was interviewed about the 2018 State of Working Wisconsin.
"The fight for $15 campaign has drawn attention to the minimum wage – and set a benchmark." Full article here.
"Wisconsin’s economy has finally recovered from the Great Recession, a full 10 years after it hit, a UW-Madison report says."