October 16, 2013 by Barbara With The Ashland County Mining Impact Committee met this morning before a full house to hear information given by Dr. Tom Fitz, a Northland College professor who was part of the team that discovered abundant amounts of asbestos in the Penokee Hills. Present at the talk and standing in support […]

Ashland County Mining Impact Committee Hears Warnings from Northland Professor
by Barbara With on October 16, 2013 in Environment, Mining and Wetlands, Treaty Rights

Asbestos Lobby Pushes Bill to Make Victims’ Claims More Difficult
by Barbara With on October 14, 2013 in Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Environment, Legislation, Mining and Wetlands, Scott Walker Trainwreck, Wetlands, Worker's Rights Under Attack
October 14, 2013 by Barbara With This is the second in a WCMC four-part series on asbestos. Back in February when Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) and Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) introduced AB19/SB13, otherwise known as the “Asbestos Claims Transparency Act,” many wondered who really wrote the bill. Both Jacque and Grothman are members […]

Grothman Brings Back Asbestos Bill Just in Time for DNR Revelation
by Barbara With on October 13, 2013 in Citizen Media, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Environment, Mining and Wetlands, Scott Walker Trainwreck, Wetlands
October 11, 2013 by Barbara With This is the first in a WCMC four-part series on asbestos. On Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) introduced a substitute amendment to controversial SB13, the torts and personal injury trusts reform bill that makes it harder for victims of asbestos poisoning to receive trust money allotted […]

GTAC Lies About Asbestos in Penokee Hills
by Barbara With on August 7, 2013 in Environment, Mining and Wetlands, Scott Walker Trainwreck, Treaty Rights, Wetlands
August 7, 2013 by Barbara With On August 15, 2013, the Wisconsin DNR is holding a hearing to take public testimony on whether to issue a bulk sampling permit to Gogebic Taconite LLC (GTac) for mining in the Penokee Hills. GTac submitted their application for bulk sampling in late June. On July 2, the DNR […]
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