Opponents Spell Out Case Against Mine Bill

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http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2013/03/opponents-spell-out-case-against-mine.html


Public interest attorneys spell out in writing to Wisconsin State Assembly members why the mining bill is a horrible piece of special interest legislation. Worth a read and redistribution, as the Senate already approved the bill and the Assembly's vote is Thursday, or as the the letter puts it:

" the last step in a broken legislative process throughout which the voices of citizens and the weight of scientific evidence have been ignored."

FROM: Kimberlee Wright, Executive Director, [e-mail], [phone]

RE: Considerations for protecting our water rights, abiding by the rule of federal law and strengthening our Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin State Assembly:

As an organization that works every day to help citizens use the power of the law to protect our heritage of healthy water, air, land and government, Midwest Environmental Advocates strongly urges the Wisconsin State Assembly to reject AB 1, a bill that would pose a grave threat to Wisconsin’s natural resources and its people’s shared right to water.

Thursday’s vote is the last step in a broken legislative process throughout which the voices of citizens and the weight of scientific evidence have been ignored.

We were there at the single hearing in Madison where a majority of citizens who testified traveled a great distance to have two minutes to share their wisdom with legislators on how to promote a sustainable local economy instead of boom and bust.

We were there to hear the testimony of leaders of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who were never invited to consult government-to-government with our state leaders, who instead allowed industry to write this done-deal legislation in their own interests.

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