January 5, 2018
Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,
Industrial Acid Mining Bill Passed
On December 11, 2017, Gov. Scott Walker did the bidding of Aquila Resources, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and the mining industry and signed into law Sen. “Toxic Tom” Tiffany’s Industrial Acid Mining Bill. The bill repeals Wisconsin’s 20 year old landmark Prove it First sulfide mining moratorium law that has protected Wisconsin’s precious waters from what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has called “the most toxic industry in America.”