Please do not send e-mail to jangw address ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. I. McCombs) > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: WI Mining Bill Gutted in Assembly, Returns to State Senate > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:48:52 -0600 > >WISCONSIN MINING BILL GUTTED IN ASSEMBLY, >RETURNS TO STATE SENATE > >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:22:58 -0500 >From: Zoltan Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The Sulfide Mining Moratorium Bill was gutted on January 22 in the >Wisconsin State Assembly by an Exxon/Republican amendment , >and then subsequently passed 75-21. The bill would have banned new >sulfide mines in the state until one such mine can be proven to >have been closed for ten years without causing pollution. >Mining companies have not been able to locate such a mine, >but the amendment redefined and weakened the definition >of acidic sulfide pollution, making it much morer possible >to "prove" that metallic sulfide mining is safe. > >The bill , SB3, will now be sent to the State Senate where Senators >will have the opportunity to reject the gutting amendment, probably on >February 3. The Senate passed the bill in March on a bipartisan >vote of 29-3, but its current actions are unpredictable in light of >the intensive Exxon lobbying campaign, and the even party >split in the body. Wisconsin residents are urged to IMMEDIATELY >contact their Senator, and ask them to pass the REAL SB3, without >the crippling amendments. For e-mail addresses, see >http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/senate.html If the amendment >is not deleted, bill sponsor Rep. Spencer Black will oppose SB3. > >Sulfide mining in the Northwoods, and particularly Exxon's >proposed Crandon mine (next to the Mole Lake Chippewa >Reservation and the Wolf River), has become the number one >environment issue in Wisconsin. A strong grassroots alliance of >Native American nations, sportfishing groups, environmentalists, >and unionists has put Exxon on the defensive. Mining and Indian >gaming are already the top issues in the upcoming race between >Republican Governor Tommy Thompson, and his Democratic (and >Exxon opponent ) Ed Garvey. Legislative Republicans want to >gut SB3 so Thompson can sign it, to take the issue away >from Garvey. Thompson may veto an SB3 that is intact, >but mining opponents have many other strategies on the >local, state, federal and tribal government levels. > >For more background on mining, see the Midwest Treaty >Network web site at http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/content.html > >Wolf Watershed Educational Project >c/o Midwest Treaty Network >731 State St., Madison WI 53703 USA >Toll-free Hotline (800) 445-8615 >Tel/Fax (608) 246-2256 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.alpahcdc.com/treaty/wwep.html > > >
