Join Drive Clean Indiana and Wisconsin Clean Cities for the 2022 Winter Webinar Series! The series continues with the Creating Your Decarbonization Plan Webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Central. Hear from municipal, utility and business leaders who have created decarbonization plans about their methods for successful planning and implementation. Scheduled speakers include Evelyn Bauman, Director of Sustainability, City of South Bend; Stephen Holcomb, Manager, Environmental Policy & Sustainability, NiSource and Mahanth Joishy, Superintendent, City of Madison Fleet Service. More speakers being added soon. The Webinar is free, but registration is required. Register here

Help us put together a snapshot of how much petroleum & greenhouse gas emissions the State of Wisconsin reduced in 2021. Your data will help reflect to the rest of the U.S. all the activity and initiatives happening in the State of Wisconsin. Awards will be given out each year at our Annual Stakeholder Meeting based on the data that is collected! All responses are confidential. Your individual numbers will not be shared with anyone outside the members of WCC staff. All stakeholders are encouraged to submit reports. You do not need to be a WCC member to participate. Depending on your area of business, certain tabs may not be relevant to you. Only fill out the tabs that are relevant. Data reflects any operations between Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2021. If any sections are unclear or you need help with your data, please contact info@wicleancities.org. Completed surveys are due no later than Friday, March 4, 2022. Download the survey here

Save the date for the Transportation & Innovation Expo April 28 in Madison with our co-hosts Alliant Energy, the City of Madison & Madison Gas & Electric! Our sustainable transportation, infrastructure, technology and fleet vehicle conference & expo is the must-attend event of the year. Our last Transportation & Innovation Expo was the largest one-day sustainable transportation event in Wisconsin with more than 50 exhibitors in the 70,000-square-foot expo hall, 60 vehicles & equipment on display and 30 industry experts presenting in breakout sessions. Registration & sponsorship opportunities opening soon! Learn more

Congratulations to our Auxiliary Board Member Mahanth Joishy, Superintendent of our member the City of Madison Fleet Service, on his Inspiration Award at the National Biodiesel Board's National Biodiesel Conference & Expo on Jan. 20 in Las Vegas. According to the NBB, under Mahanth's leadership, diesel vehicles - from fire trucks to parks department mowers to the all-important snowplows - now run on up to a 20% biodiesel blend (B20) most of the year. Mahanth's leadership and passion will continue to inspire other cities and fleets to expand their use of biodiesel fuel. Learn more

When it comes to efforts to combat climate change, WCC member Dane County is among the top local governments in the world, according to one recent assessment. The CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) this year included the county on its “A list“ of 95 local governments leading in environmental transparency and action.

To receive the nonprofit organization’s “A” rating, local governments must have “ambitious but realistic” emissions reduction and renewable energy goals as well as climate risk assessments and plans for tackling climate hazards. The county was among the top 10% of the 965 local governments scored by CDP in 2021. But with a combined population of about 108 million people, those top cities and counties represent barely 1% of the world’s population. Read the full story in the Wisconsin State Journal

We all could use a little something to look forward to in 2022. When it comes to electric vehicle adoption and advancement, there is much to come this year that stands to benefit the nation and the state in many ways. The administrations at the state and federal levels as well as public utilities laid much of the groundwork in 2021 for the work to be done in this capacity in 2022 and beyond. On Sept. 22, Ameren announced a memorandum of cooperation between utilities pledging their commitment to build a network of Midwest EV charging stations across 11 states, including Wisconsin, by the end of 2022. The agreement includes Alliant Energy, We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service. Read Lorrie Lisek's monthly column in Kenosha News & other Lee Enterprises newspapers across Wisconsin.

Tesla Club Wisconsin has been a Wisconsin Clean Cities member since 2021. The organization is a community of Tesla owners and enthusiasts. Through education and awareness, meetups and support for charitable causes, Tesla Club Wisconsin promotes Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Tesla Club Wisconsin, an official Partner of the Tesla Owners Club Program, is a pending 501(c)(3) organization, supported and operated by members, sponsors and business partners. Learn more

Biodiesel is a renewable, biodegradable fuel that can be manufactured domestically from vegetable oils, animal fats or recycled restaurant grease. It is a cleaner-burning replacement for petroleum diesel fuel. Biodiesel is a liquid fuel often referred to as B100 or neat biodiesel in its pure, unblended form. Like petroleum diesel, biodiesel is used to fuel compression-ignition engines, which run on petroleum diesel. Learn more on our Website