Environmental activists speak out against WMC


Environmental activists speak out against WMC


WISCONSIN -- (WAOW) A group of five environmental activists are speaking out against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce after they say the organization is suing to overturn the 1978 Spills Law, a law that gives the state the ability to respond quickly to toxic spills, and punish those responsible for spills. 

Tom Kilian with Citizens for a Clean Wausau, said, "We have made progress in large part thanks to the legal authority provided by the Spills Law, and without the Spills Law, we would have no legal recourse for holding polluters accountable."

WMC saying the in the lawsuit that the DNR uses the Spills Law to bully landowners who do not immediately report that hazardous materials have been found on their land. Kilian voicing his outrage, saying, "It is inconceivable to me that WMC, the most powerful lobbying group in Wisconsin, would use its resources to make Wisconsinites like my family and neighbors here, more vulnerable to the release of toxic substances."...


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Notes: We need to sit dow with businesses and DNR and get the Spill Laws up to to date and stronger. The courts will not accomplish this and no improvements to the statutes will be made regardless of the outcome.

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