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January, 1998, Vol. 2, No. 1
Sulfide Mining Moratorium Bill
Up to TopWill the Assembly Require Proof of Safety Before Allowing Mines?Trouble at DNR
This is IT --- Mining Vote SOONSmaller & ScrambledPollution Permit Under Scrutiny
Experienced People Cut
Files Shuffled
No Clear Organization
A Classic Example
Funding Cuts
Political Takeover
Staff in Poor Spirits
Gov.Thompson Cut DNR Enforcement Actions
Dramatic Drop in Enforcement
What You Can Do About DNR ProblemsWhat You Can DoWish List
Victory!
Up to TopMining Moratorium Passes LegislatureExxon Sells Out But Retains Rights to Future Profits
Fake SupportersDifferent Name Will Confuse PublicChamber of Commerce Lobbies to Block Fox River Clean-upChamber’s Claims -- Our ResponseMinergy UpdateSeptic Rules Threaten Water & Land
Comm 83Clean Water Action Council Annual Banquet1. Sets Weaker StandardsIncreased Local Property Taxes
2. Experimental Treatments
3. Accelerates Urban Sprawl
Broad Economic Impacts
What You Can DoBarbara Lawton Keynote SpeakerNew Address & Phone!
Nominations for 1998 Officers and Directors
Food Safety & Environment at RiskUp to TopUndercutting SuccessCancer Risk in Paper Workers
True Organic Farmers Protest Proposed USDA Rule
Specific Problems
What You Can DoImportant Public Hearing -- Glatfelter Paper Company Still Pollutes the Fox River
Mining in Wisconsin -- What Happens Now?
Whispered WarningsMercury in FishLocal Risks are HighThe Race to Save Baird Creek Heights
Where Does Mercury Come From?
Mercury Rain
Old Coal-burners Are a Major Problem
No Laws to Keep Mercury Air Pollution Out of Fish
Mercury Cap Legislation Proposed
Protecting Our Resources
What You Can DoThreatened by Housing DevelopmentLand-use Plans To Protect Biological Diversity
Donations Needed!Re-Cap on Neenah Pollution Permit
What You Can DoBarbara Lawton at CW BanquetSteve Abitz -- 1998 Volunteer of the YearPedal-Paddle-Plod Triathlon T-shirt is a Winner!
Alice McCombs -- 1998 Environmental Advocate
DNR Bows to Industry PressureUp to TopNot the First TimeLegislators Are Trying to Hide Pollution
Lame Excuses
DNR’s excuse is flawed for several reasons
Time is Short
Demonstrations to Start Soon
Poisoning ContinuesWhat You Can DoCome hear speakers Industry doesn’t want you to hearWater-Keepers -- Public Forum on Water Quality
Legislature Threatens Land-use
What are “Takings?”Clean Money Campaign Reform
Legislation ProposedLegislators Block ReformElectric Utilities Downplay Wind Energy
Citizen Comments
Local Involvement
Popular Support
Legislative Sponsors
Basic Goals of the Bill
How Clean Money, Clean Elections would work
Facts to PonderContrary Attitude from WPSA New Kind of Drug Problem?
Average versus Peak Wind Speeds
Wind Energy is Available & Renewable
Fuel Subsidies Undercut Wind Energy Economics
Environmental Costs Not Included
The Future is NOWWhat About the U.S.?Public Comments Sought for Non-point ProgramTimeline
Poor Public Notice (Again)
What You Can Do
Public Hearing -- Fort James Water Pollution
Up to Top1. Excessive SolidsLife Tools’ Street Fair
2. Phosphorus Doubled
3. Lack of Limits
4. Toxic Chlorine Compounds Ignored
5. Only 1 Scan in 5 Years
6. Lack of Ongoing Monitoring
7. Lack of Flow Limits
8. Wasteload Allocations
9. Acid/Caustic Discharges
10. Bioassays Inadequate
11. Non-Contact Water
12. Poor Public Notice
13. By-Pass Loopholes
Public Hearing
Write a Letter!Realtors Donate Big Money to Campaigns
Should the Fox River be a Superfund Site?
Arguments Against -- Arguments in FavorPCB Program Rescue Success
Please Write a Letter Today!
Anti-Superfund Corporations Gave $96 Million To Candidates
Up to TopKey findings of the reportPublic Hearing on the Great Lakes Water Quality between Canada and the U.S.
And That’s Not All
Lobbying as Well
What Do Polluters Want?
Local Impacts
What You Can DoWhat is the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement?Great Lakes United 16th Annual Meeting
How does the Agreement benefit Northeast Wisconsin?
Why is it important now?
What Can We Do?
TimelineFort James --- Air Pollution Permit
Important Public HearingVictory and Beyond -- a benefit for Wisconsin Stewardship Network
Fort James AIR Pollution Allowed Yearly
Fox River Demo ProjectMinergy Incinerator --- NeenahIndustry Tries to Hotwire Permits
Bayport Project --- Green Bay
Glatfelter Permit --- Neenah
Takings Bills --- Statewide
Dirty Secrets Bill --- Statewide
Mining UpdateKey issuesChildren at Risk Conference
Victory for Public Rights!
Up to TopCitizens Can SueNow’s Your Chance to Comment on SuperfundEPA Proposes Superfund!Restoring the Fox River - Perspectives on PCBs, Public &Ecological Health
How Did The Fox River Score?
Fox River Debate Heats Up
Information Meeting - Update on the Lower Fox River & Green BayIt’s Not Getting BetterWetland Attack Nationwide
Brown County #2 in State
Fox River Still #1 Toxic Receiver
Top 10 Counties
Worst Polluters in Northeast Wisconsin
Weaknesses in the Inventory
State Data Very Different
Toxic Release Inventory
Incineration Called a Benefit?
Local Info Available
Toxics Dumped in Wisconsin Rivers & LakesWhat You Can DoMany Thanks!Major Donations for Clean WaterCoalition Demands DNR Stop Mine Permit Process
Sneak Attacks By Congress
Up to TopWhat’s a Rider?Now’s Your Chance to Comment on Superfund
Sneak Attacks
What You Can DoCorruption of DNRTell DNR Your Clean-up Priorities!
The Sludge Barge
What are the Options?What You Can DoLessons from Elliot LakeHow Chemical Industries Manipulate Us
Summary of FindingsMore on Pesticide Mis-regulation
1. Overwhelmed & Biased
2. Consider the Source
3. Few Checks for Accuracy
4. Withholding Evidence
5. Confuse the Message
6. Conflicts of Interest
7. Free Trips for Bureaucrats
8. Legislative Bribery
ConclusionsKey FindingsSesquicentennial Conference - Celebrating Wisconsin’s Aldo Leopold
Public Support Needed for Restoring Fox RiverUp to TopNRDA and SuperfundInternational Speaker at St. Norbert's
Initial Plan Available for Public Comment
Please Write Today!Lake Michigan StockingNatural Step
Binational Fish Habitat
Cormorant Massacre
November, 1998, Vol 2, No 11
Let’s End Legalized Bribery
Up to TopNortheast Wis. Candidates Who Signed the Clean Money PledgeWisconsin Legislature 1997-98 Environmental Voting Record
Assembly Candidates
Money MattersState Senators from Northeast Wisconsin (Table)Donation Correction
State Representatives from Northeast Wisconsin (Table)
December, 1998, Vol 2, No 12
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