Yet Another Environmental Disaster-in-Waiting

Thoughts and prayers for the salmon—and for us.

...First, in Wisconsin, the state legislature, which is chock-full of extraction industry sublets, is about to pass something called the Industrial Acid Mining Bill, which is every bit as horrible as its name implies. This bill would effectively eliminate Wisconsin`s beloved "Prove It First" law by which companies wishing to open mines in Wisconsin have to demonstrate that they`ve managed to open and close a sulfide mine for 10 years without leaching acid into the groundwater and surface water. The new bill—sponsored by, I swear to god, a state legislator named Tom Tiffany—would do away with Prove It First....