The Dodgeville Chronicle

YOUR VIEWS

September 19, 2025

Hate is easy; respect is easier

Dear Editor, Prior to September 10, 2025, I had, thankfully, never heard of Charlie Kirk. When his name captured the news cycles for the next four days

September 19, 2025

Industrial Wind and Solar Energy Update

Dear Editor, Wind and sunlight are renewable, but the machines and devices that convert the wind and sunlight into electrical energy for human consumption are not “renewable” or “green.”

September 19, 2025

Hands Off Chicago

Dear Editor, Consistent with prior proclamations, Trump’s depiction of the City of Chicago as a “hellhole” and “the worst and most dangerous city in the world” represents layer upon layer of deceit.

September 19, 2025

Better Batteries can Smooth out the Grid

Dear Editor, The tired argument against renewable energy focuses on the concept of intermittency - what to do when 'the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing'?

September 11, 2025

Animal Agriculture-Climate Change

Dear Editor, Most people aren't aware animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change.

September 11, 2025

Trump's War on Wind

Dear Editor, The Trump Administration has...shall we say 'strong' opinions regarding reliable and proven renewable energy sources, and the latest target in our president's crosshairs is the wind industry

September 11, 2025

What is going on?

Dear Editor, DOGE has eliminated nearly a quarter of the Federal Employees, several costly Federal Agencies and their benefits, cut $88 billion a year for 10 years from Medical, added an estimated $3.5 trillion to the National Debt and yet here we are facing another Governmental Shutdown in the midst …

September 4, 2025

Wisconsin’s wildfire smoke signals a growing climate crisis

Dear Editor, Wisconsin Representatives Tom Tiffany and Glenn Grothman recently joined other Republican members of Congress in sending a letter to the Canadian government, alleging that its poor forest management practices are responsible for out-of-control wildfires and for this summer's air quality problems in our state.

September 4, 2025

Data Centers, the AI Bubble, and Broken Promises

Dear Editor, Data centers are metastasizing like a tumor across our country. Much has already been written about the major harms to groundwater supply, local air quality (most data centers use diesel backup generators), and local noise pollution. Two further points should be taken into account. The first is the …

September 4, 2025

Address the gun violence epidemic

Dear Editor, As I dropped my children off for the first day of school today, among the thoughts and emotions swirling in my mind was this: they are so vulnerable. If it happened here, what would they do? I'm sure I wasn't the only one shedding a few tears.

September 4, 2025

History

Dear Editor, The armed National Guard was deployed to Kent State University in May of 1970.

September 4, 2025

Meaning of double yellow line

Dear Editor, Up the hill. Rounding the curve. Crossing the double yellow line*.

September 4, 2025

What is happening?

Dear Editor, On May 1, 2024, a 14-year-old male was shot and killed by police outside Mount Horeb Middle School. The young teen was attempting to enter the school with a weapon. On December 16, 2024, a 15-year-old female, shot and killed two people and injured six others inside Abundant …

August 15, 2025

Starvation as a weapon of war

Dear Editor, On October 2, 2024, a group of 99 US medical professionals who volunteered in Gaza sent an urgent letter to then President Joe Biden

August 15, 2025

'Drill Baby Drill' Is Getting Stale

Dear Editor, Another day, another terrible decision by the Trump administration, a collection of individuals seemingly hell-bent on destroying our environment at all costs.

Prev / Next

DODGEVILLE

YOUR VIEWS

Dear Editor, Prior to September 10, 2025, I had, thankfully, never heard of Charlie Kirk. When his name captured the news cycles for the next four days

Dear Editor, Wind and sunlight are renewable, but the machines and devices that convert the wind and sunlight into electrical energy for human consumption are not “renewable” or “green.”

Dear Editor, Consistent with prior proclamations, Trump’s depiction of the City of Chicago as a “hellhole” and “the worst and most dangerous city in the world” represents layer upon layer of deceit.

Dear Editor, The tired argument against renewable energy focuses on the concept of intermittency - what to do when 'the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing'?

Dear Editor, Most people aren't aware animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change.

Dear Editor, The Trump Administration has...shall we say 'strong' opinions regarding reliable and proven renewable energy sources, and the latest target in our president's crosshairs is the wind industry

Dear Editor, As I dropped my children off for the first day of school today, among the thoughts and emotions swirling in my mind was this: they are so vulnerable. If it happened here, what would they do? I'm sure I wasn't the only one shedding a few tears.

Dear Editor, The armed National Guard was deployed to Kent State University in May of 1970.

Dear Editor, Up the hill. Rounding the curve. Crossing the double yellow line*.

Dear Editor, On May 1, 2024, a 14-year-old male was shot and killed by police outside Mount Horeb Middle School. The young teen was attempting to enter the school with a weapon. On December 16, 2024, a 15-year-old female, shot and killed two people and injured six others inside Abundant …

Dear Editor, On October 2, 2024, a group of 99 US medical professionals who volunteered in Gaza sent an urgent letter to then President Joe Biden

Dear Editor, Another day, another terrible decision by the Trump administration, a collection of individuals seemingly hell-bent on destroying our environment at all costs.

WEATHER SPONSORED BY