Lautenschlager Rips State For "Do Nothing" Water Policies

Former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager blasts Wisconsin officials for their "do nothing" policy in the wake of Indiana's permission to British Petroleum allowing its Whiting, IN refinery to increase polluted dumping into Lake Michigan.

Lautenschlager is right about Wisconsin's curious and disappointing silence - - something I had noted on this blog almost two weeks ago.

And Lautenschlager mentions the rush to push Lake Michigan water to some Waukesha County suburbs.

British Petroleum is being allowed by Indiana officials to dump three tons of ammonia and other pollutants into Lake Michigan at the company's Whiting, IN refinery just east of Chicago.

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The Congress, big city Mayors and tens of thousands of citizens are protesting Indiana's decision to allow tons more pollution daily to Lake Michigan at the British Petroleum refinery.

But Wisconsin officials, so far, have said nothing.

Could it be that it's Indiana's price for assenting to the request of the Wisconsin DNR for a Lake Michigan diversion to New Berlin - - before Indiana and most other Great Lakes states have yet to formally ratify the pending Great Lakes Compact?

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