Environmental Lawyers Refute WMC On Mining Disinformation

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http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2013/02/environmental-lawyers-refute-wmc-on.html


Midwest Environmental Advocates and the Sierra Club set straight the record on mining legislation distorted in favor of environmentally-destructive practices by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.


CONCLUSION

Review of the language in AB1/SB1 and the Wisconsin Legislative Council’s official summary of the bill confirm that its passage would drastically and dramatically weaken legal protections for Wisconsin’s water resources.

In overwhelming numbers, citizens from every corner of the state have stated their opposition to weakening those protections. So have local elected officials and Native American tribes from the areas of northern Wisconsin that would be most immediately affected by the proposed changes in our laws.

Their concerns are real, and they are well-founded.

It is Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and Gogebic Taconite, the drafter of the bill and its intended beneficiary, which have been spreading misconceptions....

[Scuba]

1. A little perspective on the size of the proposed mine ...

[Ed Suspicious]

2. That's a pretty big chunk of land. nt