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Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change
Press Releases
2026
2025
2024
2023
Prior to 2023
2026
Dane County Recognizes 73 New Climate Champions
County Executive Agard Celebrates One Year of Dane County's Food Scrap Collection Program
County Execuive Melissa Agard Celebrates Opening of New Solar Pavilion at Henry Vilas Zoo
Dane County Recognizes Madison School Construction Projects as 4-Star Climate Champions
Dane County Commits to Making Henry Vilas Zoo Fossil Fuel Free by 2040
Dane County Celebrates Local Businesses as Climate Champions
2025
Dane County Highlights Climate Action Achievements Across the Region in 2025
County Executive Melissa Agard Celebrates Solar Pavilion Donation and Announces Goal for Fossil Fuel Free Henry Vilas Zoo
2025 Wisconsin Youth Climate Conference: Building Bridges
$250,000 Grant to Facilitate Clean Energy Financing and Create Local Jobs
Program Provides Free Native Plants for Schools and Community Groups in Dane County
County Executive Agard Highlights Community Impact of Dane County's New Food Scrap Collection Program
Environmental Fun Fair Sparks Interest in Science and Nature
County Executive Melissa Agard Signs New Dane County Parks and Open Space Plan
Dane County Celebrates Earth Day 2025 with Major Milestone: 100% Renewable Electricity Offset for All County Facilities
County Executive Melissa Agard Kicks Off Earth Month, Celebrates Dane County's Leadership in Conservation and Sustainability
County Executive Melissa Agard Celebrates First Meeting of EV Advisory Committee to Expand Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
2024
Dane County Honored for Achieving 100% Renewable Electricity
Dane County Becomes 1st County in the United States to Receive “SolSmart Platinum” Designation for Solar Energy Leadership
Dane County Celebrates Earth Day by Announcing Plans to Install Solar Array at Verona Landfill
Dane County Launches Home Energy Guides Program to Help Underserved Households Access Clean Energy Services
Dane County Recognizes 32 New Climate Champions
2023
Dane County Recognizes 38 Local Entities as 2023 Climate Champions
Dane County Launches New Technology to Monitor Trapping Soil Carbon, Track Progress on Climate Change Work
Dane County Parks' Environmental Fun Fair Sparks Youth Interest in Science and Nature
Dane County Kicks Off New Season of Climate Change Mitigation Project to Reduce Yahara Lakes Flooding Risk
Dane County Awarded $1 Million to Establish Demonstration Farm Network
Dane County Marks Earth Week as 4th County in U.S. Powered by 100% Renewable Electricity
Dane County Grants Over $1.6 Million from Conservation Fund to Improve Water Quality, Increase Local Food Product
Dane County Spotlights Clean Energy Opportunities Under Inflation Reduction Act
Master Planning Efforts to Begin for Dane County's Sustainability Campus
Prior to 2023
2022
Dane County High School Climate Conference: Gen Z: Meeting the Challenge of our Changing Environment
Dane County Recognizes More Than 70 Local Organizations as 2022 Climate Champions for Efforts to Address Climate Change Locally
County Executive, Alliant Energy, & Sunvest Solar Kick Off Construction of Solar Farm to Make Dane County 100% Renewable
Dane County Tree Canopy Working Group Partners with Thriving Earth Exchange Program
Dane County Awards Contract for Road Map to Cut Carbon Emissions to Zero by 2030
Dane County Partners with Operation Fresh Start to Develop Dane County Civilian Climate Corps
County Executive Parisi Announces Final Plans for Solar Project to Make Dane County Government 100% Renewable
2021
Dane County Recognizes 2021 Climate Champions for Efforts to Address Climate Change Locally
Dane County Airport Solar Project Generates More Than 12 Million Kilowatt-Hours of Clean Energy in First 9 Months
Dane County Starts New Phase of Climate Change Mitigation Project to Reduce Yahara Lakes Flooding Risk
EPA Recognizes Dane County Among Nation's Leading Green Power Users
Dane County Awards More Than $89,000 to Advance Climate Action Through Clean Energy Economic Development Grant Program
County Executive Parisi Announces Dane County's First Solar-Powered Park and Campground on Earth Week
Dane County Named Renewable Energy Pioneer of the Year by RENEW Wisconsin
2020
Dane County Adopts First Community-Wide Climate Action Plan
Dane County Names 2020 Climate Champions for Efforts to Address Climate Change Locally
Solar Project at Dane County Airport Now Delivering Locally Generated Clean Energy
2019
County Executive, Madison Mayor Convene Local Leaders to Collaborate Against Climate Change
Dane County’s Landfill Biogas Facility Recognized by World’s Largest Scientific Society for Ability to Address Climate Change
2018
Dane County Executive Parisi Kicks Off Construction of First of its Kind Project in the Nation
Dane County To Be National Leader In Climate Change Efforts
2016
Dane County Executive Parisi Announces Bold Action on Climate Change
