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Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills
7 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would vote to override up to 36 of the governor’s vetoes, including a bill to fight PFAS pollution — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts. Republican state Sen. Howard Marklein, co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee, said at a news conference that overriding Evers’ vetoes was “about …

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Wisconsin committee sets up Republican-authored PFAS bill for Senate vote
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin committee sets up Republican-authored PFAS bill for Senate vote

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans moved closer Wednesday to a Senate floor vote on a bill that would spend tens of millions of dollars to address pollution from PFAS chemicals. The measure looks doomed, though, after Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback said in a email to The Associated Press that “Republicans still don’t share our commitment to finding real, meaningful solutions …

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Wisconsin DNR board appointees tell Republican lawmakers they don’t support wolf population limit
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin DNR board appointees tell Republican lawmakers they don’t support wolf population limit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Two more of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the state Department of Natural Resources board tried to convince Republican state senators Thursday to confirm them, saying they don’t believe in a firm wolf population goal and would approve state environmental regulations that are tougher than federal standards. Republicans who control the Senate’s sporting heritage committee peppered …

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Republican lawmakers propose plan to combat PFAS pollution in Wisconsin
1 year, 6 months ago

Republican lawmakers propose plan to combat PFAS pollution in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators’ ability to delay projects on polluted property and mandate studies on how to treat contaminated water. “The bill is a strong starting point,” Rep. Jeff Mursau, the bill’s chief Assembly sponsor, said Monday during a public …

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Wisconsin Republicans vote to spend $125 million to combat PFAS pollution, but not right away
1 year, 7 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans vote to spend $125 million to combat PFAS pollution, but not right away

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to put $125 million aside to combat pollution from so-called forever chemicals, but delayed a decision on how exactly to spend the money. Allocating money to fight PFAS, while eliminating testing for it and new positions to work on the pollution, doesn’t “make a bit of damn sense,” Democratic Sen. LaTonya Johnson of …

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Board adopts PFAS standards for drinking, surface waters
2 years, 10 months ago

Board adopts PFAS standards for drinking, surface waters

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Department of Natural Resources policy board adopted Wisconsin’s first limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking and surface water Wednesday, handing Democratic Gov. Evers has been pushing to curtail PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, pollution since he took office in 2019, going so far as to declare his first year in office “the year of …

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