January 23, 2012 by Barbara With Koch Lobbyist & Wisconsin ALEC Co-chair Amy Boyer Caught Perpetrating Mining Propaganda The media blitz being waged by state Republicans to convince the public that we all can’t wait for the mountaintop mining removal is becoming downright Machiavellian. The results out of the Hurley public hearing showed 62% against […]
Tag Archives: environment
Wirch: “…I’m concerned that over time there could be serious damage to our wetlands.”
January 21, 2012 The Senate Committee on Natural Resources held an Executive Session on January 19, 2012.
Grothman testimony: Lead Poisoning Bill (part 2)
Part two of Glenn Grothman’s testimony at the 1/19/12 public hearing on SB 373 — a bill which would overturn a State Supreme Court decision that allows victims of lead poisoning to sue paint manufacturers. A group of citizens traveled from Milwaukee (accompanied by their children) to testify at the hearing. When it was […]
Glenn Grothman testimony: Lead Poisoning Bill – SB 373 (part 1)
As xoff posted on Uppity Wisconsin: “On exactly 24 hours notice, the State Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Jan. 19, only on SB-373, the bill that would overturn a State Supreme Court decision allowing the victims to sue paint manufacturers.” The bill was just introduced on Jan. 10, the day […]
Wisconsin ALEC Republicans Caught Breaking Treaty Rights; Fitzgerald Announces Fatally Flawed Mining Bill Will Pass Anyway
January 13, 2012 by Barbara With On January 11, Rep. Mary Williams brought her Jobs, Economic and Small Business Committee to Hurley, WI to hear public testimony on the new mining bill. Although Williams denies association with the right-wing Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC), seven of the eight Republican legislators on the Jobs committee […]
Geologist from Lawrence U Weighs in on Penokee Mines: There ARE Sulfide Minerals
December 19, 2011 by Barbara With Marcia Bjornerud, a professor of geology at Lawrence University, sent this letter to Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins Jr, after the mining hearing in West Allis on December 14th. It appears, since there is sulfide in them thar hills, there should be no mine due to the obvious […]
UPDATE: Ashland Cty Board Ad Hoc Committee on Mining Rescinds Support
March 4, 2015 UPDATE: Gogebic Taconite (GTac) allegedly closed their Hurley office on March 1, 2015. With the price of iron ore crashing, GTac said it was the proliferation of wetlands in the Penokees Hills that made the area un-mineable. However, the power of the people coming together to protect the water also gave the seeds of justice a chance to prevail. This blog, originally published […]
Dear Shirl LaBarre, Why do you want to destroy me and my neighbors?
December 19, 2011 by Barbara With Dear Ms. LaBarre, I was recently at the mining hearing in West Allis where we both had a chance to speak. Isn’t democracy great that we can both drive down from the north (albeit I had a few more hours on the road from Madeline Island than you did […]
Voigt Decision Trumps Mining in Northern Wisconsin
December 19, 2011 by Barbara With On December 14, I attended a 10-hour pubic hearing in Milwaukee on the proposed mines in Northern Wisconsin. To be clear, my home of Madeline Island would be tremendously and adversely affected both environmentally and economically by a 4-mile or more open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee […]
We are currently a volunteer organization but have monthly bills to pay. Please help out with a donation if you can:
Wisconsin Citizens Media Cooperative 