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WHEN GREEN TURNS BROWN

‘A Truck Loop Specified for Heavy Truck Traffic’

Post 60 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I mentioned that I would look at a few more aspects of Whitewater’s 12.15.15 meeting on wastewater upgrades and…

The Contentions Made in a Single Meeting

Post 59 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. On 12.15.15, Whitewater, Wisconsin considered both upgrades to her wastewater facility and as part of those claimed upgrades a…

Answering Three Questions

Post 58 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I received an email over the weekend which posed a few questions about this series (and then veered into…

The Water Problems in Wisconsin

Post 57 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I promised to begin reviewing by the particulars of a 12.15.15 discussion of waste importation. I’ll hold off to…

Local Government Discusses a Waste-Importation Plan

Post 56 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. Whitewater, Wisconsin’s city official began public discussion of a waste importation plan on 12.3.2013; by December 15, 2015, they’d…

What’s a Greenhouse Gas?

Post 54 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. There are two points to this post about Whitewater’s waste-importation proposal. First, one can state a simple fact about…

Documentaries

Post 53 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. When Green Turns Brown has been, and for while more will be, a mostly written account. That’s understandable: I’m…

‘All Facts Are Friendly’

Post 52 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I’m not sure who first said ‘all facts are friendly,’ but for policy it’s true: one applies theories to…

Preliminary Remarks on a 12.15.15 Meeting

Post 51 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I’ve had lots of questions about the 12.15.15 Common Council meeting in Whitewater, that discussed waste importation, and a…

A Working Thesis

Post 50 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. This is the fiftieth post in this series, with many more to come, along with a standalone website to…

Matter

Post 49 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. View image | gettyimages.com Whitewater’s digester-energy project depends on bringing waste from cities that do not want it to…

Water Production

Post 48 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. There’s a question that I omitted from Post 46  (Questions on the 9.17.15 Remarks on Waste Importation).  The question…