Great Lake state calling it quits on environment protection?

While nearly every great lake territory is cutting, Wisconsin appears to be lifting critical "environmental protection" standards that protect wildlife and children's health. Any state lowering pollution standards will clearly have a negative impact on ALL surrounding territories.

Wisconsin rules require a 75 percent reduction in mercury emissions by 2015, but the DNR is considering changing that to a 70 percent reduction by 2018, to match federal regulations, Clean Wisconsin officials said. (read linked here)

More than two dozen organizations - including Clean Wisconsin, the Sierra Club and the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation - presented a petition to the state Department of Natural Resources asking for a rule that would require a 90 percent cut in mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by 2012.


Illinois has already approved a rule requiring a 90 percent cut in mercury pollution at each power plant by 2012 and Minnesota has a similar plan, to be achieved by 2014.

 

Removing the regulations that made WI air cleaner?

Further punishment to the great lakes was announced Jan 22nd. by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announcing that, "he is directing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to lift ozone attainment the S.E. region.
citing "the air we breathe in Eastern Wisconsin is cleaner today than it was a decade ago,"...