Candidates for Wisconsin governor and attorney general are offering voters clear-cut choices about the state’s role in protecting natural resources and reducing the threat of climate change.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been at the center of an ambitious eight-year culling of environmental regulations long disparaged by businesses, while Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel in his first term issued a formal opinion that prompted a significant streamlining of ground water protections sought by farming interests.
Their Democratic opponents on the Nov. 6 ballot have vowed to reverse several of those policies.
Tony Evers, the longtime state schools superintendent challenging Walker, accused the governor of allowing corporate and political interests to influence environmental regulation and said he would rely on science to guide natural resources policy and join other states in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Ken Notes: Good read, I still remain on the record neutral. I would ask both candidates to work with business, federal government, and environmentalists to create policy that protects our waters, air and land. Give DNR the staff and resources to evaluate effluent, air quality, and permitting and then ask them to work with companies to improve their environmental efforts. Don`t penalize - prioritize!
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