Wisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity
GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until polluter immunity approved
Democrats: "You're being poisoned and we need to clean it up"
Republicans: "the poisoning will continue until you give the poisoners immunity"
Morons: bOth SiDes!
So prosecute them first, then they can go to jail and clean up.
Party of fiscal responsibility just showing who's pocket they actually care about.
Edit: also
The legislature has so far rejected that proposal, and it is now on break for the rest of 2024.
I understand farmers like having part time legislature so they can both participate in government and run harvest season, but Jesus Christ Wisconsin is supposedly a full time legislature.
Jesus Christ, they're like the villains from Captain Planet.
On brand
Both parties are the same, right?
This one party wants to... Allow corps to continue being shitty.
So prosecute the Republicans committing extortion and proceed with the cleanups
Law and order is only for little people!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Wisconsin Republicans are withholding $125m designated for cleanup of widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water and have said they will only release the funds in exchange for immunity for polluters.
The move is part of a broader effort by Republicans in the state to steal power from the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, the funding’s supporters say, alleging such “political games” are putting residents’ health at risk.
“People really feel like they’re being held hostage,” said Lee Donahue, mayor of Campbell, which is part of the La Crosse metropolitan area and has drinking water contaminated with astronomical levels of PFAS.
The Environmental Protection Agency this year established limits for several of the most common PFAS, including levels at four parts per trillion (ppt) for the most dangerous.
In Campbell, where more than 500 wells have tested positive for PFAS at levels up to thousands of times above federal limits, many suspect high rates of cancer and other serious ailments that have plagued the town’s residents stem from the dangerous chemicals.
The city and county have so far spent nearly $1m trying to determine the feasibility of tapping into a neighboring aquifer and continue to monitor it to ensure the PFAS plume contaminating their drinking water source does not migrate.
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