Wisconsin Repeals Mining Ban

Gov. Scott Walker signed a law repealing a virtual ban on nonferrous mining that had been in place in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years.

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin signed a law repealing a virtual statewide ban on nonferrous mining that had been in place for nearly 20 years.

Walker signed the “Mining for America Act” on December 11, 2017, repealing provisions of the “Prove It First” law passed in 1998, which required any company seeking a permit to develop a sulfide mine to prove another mine in the United States or Canada operating for at least 10 years did not pollute groundwater or surface water during its time of operation and for at least 10 years after closure...

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Ken Notes: Old news but the more the story gets told the more aware the average citizen becomes. One of the newest political strategies is to wait for the news cycle to calm down and then act. The Trump media people actually manufacture news to calm the cycle on other issues and we fall for this every time.