Please Help Wisconsin & The Open-Pit Mining Bill!

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Tell our legislators NO!! We are NOT happy with their environmentally destructive votes!!

Article To Note:  

Wisconsin’s open pit mine bill passed 17 – 16. Next stop: Court:  https://johnniesblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/wisconsins-open-pit-mine-bill-passed-17-16-next-stop-court/

 

STOP THE WISCONSIN OPEN PIT MINING BILL

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Please Take Action Here:  http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/stop-the-wisconsin-open-pit-mining-bill

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Campaign created by Eric Ming 

The open pit mining bill (SB1) is a sellout to out-of-state mining 
interests and must be stopped. It will have a devastating impact on 
the environment, our families' health, and the state's tourism 
industry.

Why is this important?

As someone who grew up in Wisconsin, I was taught at a young age the tradition of conservation.

Our natural landscape and environment

are a source of pride and tradition for every Wisconsinite.

This bill threatens to undermine that completely. The land for the 
proposed mine contains rare birds, the largest undeveloped wetland in the upper Great Lakes region,
and has among the highest quality waters in Wisconsin providing a great habitat for tourism and wildlife
alike. But this proposed mining legislation is not just an enormous environmental disaster, it also has
the potential to be devastating to the health of our families. The Penokee Hills, where the first mine
would be based, provide drinking water for nearby communities and houses, and wild rice fields that
local Native tribes have harvested for centuries. With the weakened environmental standards found in
this bill, the mining companies would be allowed to release harmful substances like lead, mercury, and
arsenic into these waterways. We cannot let a bill written by out-of-state mining industries undermine
our families' health and Wisconsin's history of conservation. It has to be stopped!

Category: environment

Source:  http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/stop-the-wisconsin-open-pit-mining-bill?r=10197109&id=55268-4718040-njH%3DIFx