A Wisconsin environmental enforcement law is being challenged. Could the case jeopardize the ability to respond to disasters?

MADISON – Environmental advocates are warning efforts to overturn one of Wisconsin`s strongest water and air protection rules could result in hampering the state`s ability to quickly address situations like the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals.

A number of environmental advocates raised concerns over the effort by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state`s largest business lobby, to alter the "spills law," which allows the Department of Natural Resources to identify a toxic substance, require its clean up and ensure that the cost is borne by the company responsible rather than communities....
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