March 6, 2012 By Lady Forward Sens. Bob Jauch and Dale Schultz spoke out in strong opposition to the GOP compromise mining bill at a press conference on Monday held prior to the Joint Finance Committee meeting. Schultz: “I would say that the compromise that they just offered is no compromise at all; In fact, it […]
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ACTION ALERT: Contact Your Senators and Tell Them to Vote NO on Today’s Mining Bill
March 6, 2012 by Barbara With Yesterday, after much debate, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) once again rubber stamped AB426, the Assembly version of the mining bill through committee. Co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos (R) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R) held a press conference before the committee met to introduce new amendments to the bill that […]
David Koch’s “Greater Purpose”
March 4, 2012 by Lady Foward Billionaire David Koch works on Madison Avenue in New York City. He doesn’t live or work in Wisconsin, and as far as I know, he’s never come here to meet the people. But his company, Koch Industries, has major business interests in Wisconsin, including Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Koch […]
The Tyler Shale: Waste Overburden or Phosphate Ore?
March 1, 2012 by Hematite Proponents of the proposed iron mine in the Penokees claim that there are two kinds of rock: overburden waste rock (the Tyler shale) and iron ore. To date, the main concern with the Tyler is the presence of sulfide in the form of pyrite, or iron sulfide. When disturbed by […]
EDITORIAL: Why I Gave the Assembly Natural Resources Committee the Finger
March 1, 2012 by Barbara With Last month, the Wisconsin Assembly Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on AB502, better known as the Wolf Harvesting Bill. Announced on January 27th, this bill would make it legal to hunt wolves using cable traps and leg holds, and allows hunters to legally kill the wolves in any […]
Walker Thanks Realtors with Wetlands Deregulation
March 1, 2012 by Rebecca Kemble On Wednesday Scott Walker thanked the Wisconsin Realtors Association for their support by signing a massive wetlands deregulation bill at their convention in Madison. Since Walker began raising funds for his recall campaign last November, individual realtors have already contributed $75,504 to his war chest. They ponied up $378,161 […]
Anonymous Pens Ode to Resource Colonialism
February 22, 2012 by WCMC Tooth, Line and Sinker* by Anonymous What’s yours is mine, I think we know. Your water, ice, your land, your snow, Your mountains full of iron ore, So rich it makes my small heart sore. Pyrite, Schmyrite, I don’t care, We want it all, not just a share. Sulfuric acid […]
ACTION ALERT: Educate the public and our legislators on the misleading and dangerous new mining bill
February 20, 2012 by Barbara With Please read the shocking testimony that two area geologists gave at the public hearing on February 17, 2012 concerning the new Wisconsin mining bill. This information is confirmed by a geologist at Lawrence University. Then read about the subsequent discovery that the bill’s authors are trying to redefine science. […]
MORE PROOF Mining Bill Is Fatally Flawed: Geologist from Lawrence University Confirms Sulfide Present Will Lead To Acid Drainage
February 20, 2012 Chairman Wiggins, Mr. Stoddard and Ms. Soltis, Thank you for your eloquent and authoritative statements at Wednesday’s hearing about the mining bill. I was at the [December 11, 2011 West Allis] hearing until 4 PM and had hoped to speak from my perspective as a ‘hard rock’ geologist. I am a professor […]
BREAKING NEWS: WI Mining Bill Contains Erronenous Definition of “Sulfide Ore”; Opens the State to Irrepairable Damage
February 20, 2012 by Barbara With After shocking testimony last Friday by two scientists at a public hearing on Wisconsin’s new mining bill, another breathtaking discovery of what appears to be fraud on the part of the authors of the bill has uncovered a loophole of truly biblical proportions. This obvious attempt to re-write science […]
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