Letter: Clean energy is good business

Have you noticed that the warming climate is slowly impacting the average snowfall totals here?

As Chris Mueller’s article in the Feb. 2 Post-Crescent highlighted, this is “Bad for Business: Lack of Snow in Wisconsin hitting shop owners hard.” The story noted the frustrations that small business owners have when winter doesn’t bring enough snow for snowmobiling and other outdoor recreation. Climate scientists predict this trend will continue as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.

David Barnhill, former director of environmental studies at UW-Oshkosh and a guest columnist for the Post-Crescent on Nov. 25, 2017, made a convincing case for “Green Jobs” as essential to Wisconsin’s future...   ...more