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Related: About this forumWisconsin: State Supreme Court says communities have no right to limit pollution
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/state_and_regional/supreme-court-says-local-communities-can-t-set-restrictions-on/article_0bcec612-cb58-11e1-9ce6-001a4bcf887a.htmlThe Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt a blow to environmentalists concerned about water pollution from huge livestock farms Wednesday, when it said communities couldn't set stricter standards than the state.
The ruling was believed to be the first decision by a state Supreme Court in about a half-dozen cases pitting neighbors and small farmers throughout the Midwest against so-called factory farms, which can have hundreds or even thousands of animals. Similar cases have been filed in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Oklahoma, and the decision was closely watched.
The Wisconsin case began in 2007 when Larson Acres Inc. applied for a permit to expand its farm in Magnolia, a rural community of about 1,000 people about 30 miles south of Madison. The farm already had 1,000 cows, and residents blamed it for polluting their water supply. Town officials cited tests showing high nitrate levels, which could be evidence of pollution from manure, so the town granted the permit with conditions: The farm had to allow the town to conduct monthly water quality tests on its land, and it had to follow certain crop-rotation strategies to reduce nitrate buildup.
The farm sued, arguing that pollution-control measures are laid out by the state and can't be modified by individual towns. The state Supreme Court agreed, saying state law prevented the town from imposing additional conditions on top of standards the state already set for permits.
Who would have guessed that the Republican-controlled State Supreme Court would rule in favor of more pollution? Money and power trump the welfare of the People every time. Who cares about clean water when there are greenbacks at stake?
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Wisconsin: State Supreme Court says communities have no right to limit pollution (Original Post)
Scuba
Jul 2012
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think
(11,641 posts)1. Enjoy a little shit in your water. Corporations Rule!
Last edited Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:38 AM - Edit history (1)
(Just want to add my condolences to the people in Wisconsin that must put up with corporate malfeasance.)
midnight
(26,624 posts)5. Your comment reminds me of this video I saw a while back:
AFSCME video
postulater
(5,075 posts)2. This will likely apply to the new generation
of frac sand mines pock-marking central and western Wisconsin.
It's all about the bucks.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)3. What has happened to my beloved State.....
Wisconsin was once a proud leader in the environment and worker rights, now it's just a laughing stock, a follower state, a loser state. Backward wisconsin.
hue
(4,949 posts)4. Believe me, the Repukes have every intention of raping our beloved Wisconsin!
That's what they want: the power to rape our state to keep their millions ($$$$) flowing in!!!!