The "chamber of commerce mentality" Wisconsin DNR operating statewide by right-wing GOP Gov. Scott Walker since 2011
has intentionally pared back pollution enforcement work and focus - - one of many accounts, here - - , so it is not surprising that the agency has yet to solve toxic PCB contamination somehow still leaving a Madison East side manufacturing plant after years of 'action,' the Wisconsin State Journal reports today:
Don't forget that in 2013, court records and reporting showed that plant representatives had gone to the Governor's office seeking intervention to limit damage claims that could be made by people living nearby
You wouldn't even make such a ham-handed effort unless you thought the request would be welcomed.
This sickening saga speaks volumes about the free hand Walker has given some businesses in Wisconsin and the way he has distorted the basic public health and safety mission of the DNR, spelled out here in detail.
has intentionally pared back pollution enforcement work and focus - - one of many accounts, here - - , so it is not surprising that the agency has yet to solve toxic PCB contamination somehow still leaving a Madison East side manufacturing plant after years of 'action,' the Wisconsin State Journal reports today:
Months after state regulators approved the final cleanup of toxic soil next to a busy Madison bike path, additional high concentrations of PCBs were discovered.
Toxins were traced to an underground pipe that drains water from the adjacent Madison-Kipp Corp. plant, raising new questions about how the government has handled a tangle of pollution problems at the factory.Here is a DNR webpage devoted to the case.
You wouldn't even make such a ham-handed effort unless you thought the request would be welcomed.
This sickening saga speaks volumes about the free hand Walker has given some businesses in Wisconsin and the way he has distorted the basic public health and safety mission of the DNR, spelled out here in detail.