Original Author:
(James Rowen)
I see that the National Wildlife Federation is out with
a very important report on the worrisome state of the Great Lakes' fisheries.
Hat's off to Grafton observer and lake advocate Jim Te Selle, who had been alerting the DNR to this issue.
I had posted last week his communication to the Department.
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
The routine dumping of coal ash into Lake Michigan every day during the shipping season from the boilers of the Manitowoc, WI-to-Ludington, MI steam-powered ferry gets Sunday, page-one exposure
in the Chicago Tribune.
Boaters who throw their garbage into the lake would and should get cited, but the Badger gets a pass for burning 55 tons a day and discharging overboard 3.8 tons of coal ash - - and, in fact, the pollution that comes out of the smokestack even has a separate legislative exemption from Wisconsin lawmakers.
How big a dose of pollution is this?
The Trib says..".the Badger dumps nearly 4 tons of coal ash into Lake Michigan — waste concentrated with arsenic, lead, mercury and other toxic metals. During its spring-to-fall season, federal records show, the amount far exceeds the coal, iron and limestone waste jettisoned by all 125 other big ships on the Great Lakes combined."
In the name of nostalgia for the last steamer working Lake Michigan?
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
Public Forum to Focus on Regional Water Conservation and Stormwater Management
Clean Wisconsin, Alliance for the Great Lakes and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Legal Advocates Win Clean Water Victory In Dairy Pollution Case
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
Hats off to Midwest Environmental Advocates, its clients and allies. Text below:
September 16, 2011
Citizens’ uphill legal battle against factory farm ends in significant improvements for water quality
Contact: Miriam Ostrov, Staff Attorney, ext. 2
Pickett, WI- Neighbors of the Rosendale Dairy factory farm, an 8,400 cow operation, have settled a long fight against the farm and have achieved significant changes to the farm’s water pollution permit.
After years of denials by the Department of Natural Resources and the farm, a small group of citizens was finally able to show that the farm’s manure spreading plan needed to be improved. Despite this win, the factory farm and their attorneys threatened to sue the citizens for filing a frivolous action. The neighbors, with their own limited finances, had to make a tough decision given that they were faced with the seemingly limitless resources of a large corporation such as Rosendale Dairy. A legal battle over fees would not have furthered the goals of neighboring citizens, particularly when significant gains already had been made.
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