A recently formed dairy lobbying group is pushing for a bill that would allow polluters to buy water pollution credits on a state-run clearinghouse.
The proposal, backed by the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance, was introduced with bipartisan support Wednesday in the state Senate.
The Dairy Alliance announced the proposal last week, saying that the group is working with Republican legislative leaders to pass the bill and to write into the state budget a provision that would establish a task force to study sources of groundwater contamination....
...Laurie Fischer, the Dairy Alliance`s lobbyist, said the efforts were on behalf of the state’s large dairy farms, which she said have been “scapegoated” over the state’s water pollution issues....
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Ken Notes: Credits rather than solutions to the actual issues??? Large farms are not scapegoats, they are a new source of pollution in a complex system. The issue is here we have a solution, it is tested, it works, and can be implemented immediately.
The question is how much do we value our smaller farms and the quality of the product they produce. I do not want 8475 to be the new face of the dairy industry in Wisconsin, I vote for Rosie and Luke pictured above!!!!
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