Vowing the Midwest can become “the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy — with Wisconsin at the forefront,” Gov. Jim Doyle today unveiled the new Office of Energy Independence and gave support to a regional renewable energy credit trading system.
“If an oil field in Iran has to compete against a farm field in Wisconsin, that’s a very good thing for the environment, for our economy and for the world,” said Doyle in remarks prepared for an event today on the UW-Madison campus.