{"id":26200,"date":"2026-02-13T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-rescue\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=26200"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:04:17","slug":"3-04-26-%f0%9f%9a%a2-ev-boating-101-%f0%9f%9b%9f-1130-am-245-pm","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/event\/3-04-26-%f0%9f%9a%a2-ev-boating-101-%f0%9f%9b%9f-1130-am-245-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"3.04.26 \ud83d\udea2  EV Boating 101  \ud83d\udedf 11:30 am &#8211; 2:45 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83d\udea2 EV Boating 101 Webinar<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83d\udcc5 March 4th, 2026 11:30 am &#8211; 12:45 pm<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Virtual &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/a1f9c65c-4863-4637-8cb4-ef3db2bd7876@e798efe6-863a-4c1f-86db-d32292de1fc2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REGISTER HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Wisconsin is a unique state bordered by two great lakes and the largest river in North\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">America, with 15,074 smaller landlocked lakes within. We hold 21% of the world&#8217;s surface\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">freshwater, which supports an $8.4 billion economy based on shipping, boating, <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">agriculture, fishing, and tourism, supporting over 34,000 jobs in Wisconsin. Despite this, <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Wisconsin does not have any laws regulating boating emissions. Instead, Wisconsin relies on EPA rules for engine manufacturing to keep our water safe. Those rules mandate CO detectors for boats with enclosed cabins &amp; waste discharge, but there is nothing regarding emissions.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">If we want to keep Wisconsin lakes clean, it&#8217;s up to us, the people, to raise awareness about cleaner alternative fuel options and promote practices that help protect our marine life. WCC is committed to learning how to better protect our lakes with cleaner transportation options.<\/span> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">We have reached out to expert Jukka Kukkonen, raised on the fjords of Finland, to introduce us to the topic of how to better protect our lakes through EV boating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26201 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-rescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kukkonen-Jukka-1280x720-1-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Jukka holds a degree in applied science and began his career as an automotive engineer by training, working his way into technical training and area management for Ford in Europe. He also teaches EV Markets and Technology at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. In 2010 Jukka founded <\/span><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shift2electric.com\/eboats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shift2Electric<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> to focus on transportation electrification. With his deep knowledge of the electric vehicle market, he has built programs for utility companies, condominium and apartment building charging, workplace charging, DC fast charging, outreach and education and smart grid integration<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WCC plans to do a deep dive into the ways we can help protect Wisconsin&#8217;s waterways. We welcome partnerships and ideas on how we can accomplish this mission together. Feel free to reach out to <a href=\"mailto:info@wicleancities.org\">info@wicleancities.org<\/a> with your suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea2 EV Boating 101 Webinar \ud83d\udcc5 March 4th, 2026 11:30 am &#8211; 12:45 pm \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Virtual &#8211; REGISTER HERE Wisconsin is a unique state bordered by two great lakes and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":296,"featured_media":26205,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-26200","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/26200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/296"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/26200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26236,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/26200\/revisions\/26236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26200"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmedicalleads.com\/wcc-clean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=26200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}