Review and Comment on Enbridge Pipeline before September 30!

Please write or email your comments to the DNR at the addresses listed below!

For more information see the DNR news release and the DNR website.

Enbridge has submitted Chapter 30 (Wis. Stats.) waterway and Chapter 281.36 (Wis. Stats.) wetland permit applications to the Department in February 2014. Enbridge will be submitting an application for a Construction Site Erosion Control permit under NR 216 (Wis. Adm. Code), and an Air Pollution Control construction permit under NR 400-499 (Wis. Adm. Code). In addition, the DNR will review the projects for potential impacts to endangered resources.

The DNR will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for these two projects. The EIS will inform decision-makers and the public about the anticipated effects of the proposed projects and alternatives. The EIS will look at direct local effects, as well as broader impacts at regional, statewide and larger scales.

Public scoping

The DNR is seeking public input on what topics should be addressed in the EIS. We've drafted an EIS outline [PDF] and would like the public to weigh in on topics that may be missing from the outline. 

The public is invited to review and comment on the draft EIS outline in writing by E-mail or by mail to: Jeff Schimpff - OB/7, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921. 

Comments on the EIS outline draft should be received by Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Click here to see our letter to the DNR.

Take Action: Fight Climate Change

This was emailed to members on July 28, 2014, by Elisabeth MacNamara, President of LWV.

In June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a proposal to set the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. This week, the EPA will hold public hearings in four major cities to obtain feedback on this historic regulation. 

Add your voice to those attending these hearings in person by submitting your comment to the EPA in supporting their proposal today!  

The EPA’s proposal will protect future generations from unchecked climate change. Power plants are responsible for 40 percent of the carbon pollution in the United States—making them the single largest source of that pollution in the country. The unlimited dumping of carbon pollution is the chief cause of climate change. Reducing the amount of carbon pollution from power plants is a life-saving measure that will protect our children, our nation and the world from the devastating effects of climate change. 

Raise your voice! Tell the EPA you support limiting carbon pollution from power plants.

This week, the EPA will take the next step to advance this proposal by holding public hearings in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Denver and Washington, D.C. We expect big polluters to turn up at these and hearings, and we know they will make every effort to weaken the final content of this rule. We must continue to voice our support for this life-saving measure. Together, we can make sure that this historic, groundbreaking regulation will have a positive impact on the public health of our children, seniors and families.

We’ve seen an incredible response from League members in support of this regulation, but we still need you to raise your voice. Tell the EPA you support their groundbreaking proposal to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants.

In League,

Elisabeth MacNamara
President, League of Women Voters

EPA Sets New Limits on Carbon Pollution

This was emailed to members on June 2, 2014, by Elisabeth MacNamara, President of LWV.

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This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a proposal to set the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Like the previous proposal to limit carbon pollution from new power plants, this proposal is a game changer that will protect us from the health risks and impacts of climate change.

Take Action: Tell the EPA you support their groundbreaking proposal to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants.

Power plants are responsible for 40 percent of the carbon pollution in the United States—making them the single largest source of carbon pollution in the country. The unlimited dumping of carbon pollution is the chief cause of climate change. Reducing the amount of carbon pollution from power plants is a life-saving measure that will protect our children, our nation and the world from the devastating effects of climate change.

The EPA’s proposal will protect future generations from unchecked climate change. 

Take Action: Submit a public comment in support today!

We have a moral obligation to our children and future generations to address the primary cause of climate change. Currently we limit how much mercury, arsenic, soot and other air pollution power plants can dump into our air, but there are no limits on carbon pollution. We must stand in the way as big polluters continue to drop unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the air without penalty or regard for the public health impacts on children, seniors and families.

Raise your voice! 

Take Action: Tell the EPA you support limiting carbon pollution from power plants.    

In League,

Elisabeth MacNamara
President, League of Women Voters