Big Polluters Are Big Campaign Donors


Big Polluters Are Big Campaign Donors


Executives with about a dozen papermakers, utilities, and other companies accused of dumping excessive pollution into Wisconsin waterways in 2016 and 2017 are also generous campaign contributors in most cases.

The companies were named in a recent Environment America Research & Policy Center report on excessive pollution by industrial facilities across the country. The report said that 29 times between January 2016 and September 2017 Wisconsin companies exceeded the amount of pollution the state allows them to release. The excessive materials that were dumped in Wisconsin waters included mercury, arsenic, copper, and chlorine...

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Ken Notes: Yep, but remember half of this is about process and to be honest the process was bad. There is also an interest in working together on some issues to create balanced solutions. Then there is the let us get away with it mentality which is bad. Why environmentalists refuse to work with businesses on the first two issues bothers me, why companies consider evading solutions bothers me.

"The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner`s legitimate interests."

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