Under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, the red carpet was rolled out for initiatives to burn wood and other forms of biomass to produce energy.
A new administration in Madison, however, is pulling the rug out from under those projects.Doyle spearheaded a plan to burn tree trimmings, wood and plants at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with an eye toward building a local industry supporting homegrown fuels. And he backed biomass when We Energies unveiled plans in September 2009 to build a wood-burning power plant near Wausau.