Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 3 feeb

Nyob rau nruab nrab Lub Kaum Ib Hlis, pawg neeg tawm tswv yim ib puag ncig Clean Wisconsin tau tshaj tawm xov xwm tshaj tawm xov xwm zoo. Nws qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas hauv tsev tau pom tias Wisconsin qhov chaw zoo kom tau raws li qhov kev sib tw los ntawm US Environmental Protection Agency's "Clean Power Plan."

Keith Reopelle

Keith Reopelle, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv tau hais tias "EPA cov lus pom zoo yog qhov ua tau zoo, tsim nyog thiab ua tiav cov kauj ruam mus rau huab cua zoo dua thiab lub neej zoo dua hauv Wisconsin,"

Txoj kev npaj, nthuav tawm rau lub Rau Hli, hu rau Wisconsin fais fab nroj tsuag kom txo tau lawv cov pa phem 34 feem pua ​​​​hauv qab 2012 qib los ntawm xyoo 2030. A Clean Wisconsin daim ntawv qhia tau hais tias lub hom phiaj no, txhais tau tias txhawm rau txhawm rau cuam tshuam qhov tsis zoo ntawm huab cua sov, tuaj yeem ua tiav thaum tseem coj cov txiaj ntsig kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem, txhawb kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam, thiab txo nqi hluav taws xob.

Oh zoo siab hnub.

Tom qab ntawd, ntawm lub rooj sib tham ntawm EPA lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1 lub sijhawm kawg uas tau txais cov lus pom ntawm nws txoj kev npaj, Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Pabcuam Hauv Xeev Wisconsin tau xa daim ntawv 119-nplooj teb, ntim nrog kev thuam hnyav.

Ob ntawm peb tus thawj coj PSC thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, txhua tus neeg sawv cev ntawm Republican Gov. Scott Walker, tau liam tias qhov kev thov no "raug nplua rau Wisconsin rau lwm lub xeev," vim tias nws muab credit tsis txaus rau kev txo cov pa roj carbon ntau lawm. . Lawv suav hais tias "qhov tsis txaus ntseeg loj" hauv EPA txoj hauv kev.

Ib pawg neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv xeev tau hais tias txoj kev npaj yuav "xa cov nqi hluav taws xob nce siab" thaum muaj "kev cuam tshuam rau cov neeg tsim haujlwm loj thiab me." Walker, ib daim ntawv qhia, tau hais tias txoj kev npaj yuav yog "kev puas tsuaj rau cov neeg nyob hauv Wisconsin thiab cov tswv lag luam." Nws hais txog PSC kwv yees tias cov cai tshiab yuav raug nqi ntawm $ 3.3 billion thiab $ 13.4 billion. Qhov ntawd nruab nrab ntawm $ 220 lab thiab $ 893 lab hauv ib xyoos txog xyoo 2030.

Walker cov lus hais tseem hais tias Wisconsin tau nqis peev kwv yees li ntawm $ 10.5 nphom hauv 15 xyoo dhau los" los txo cov pa roj carbon monoxide, nce lub zog txuas ntxiv thiab txhim kho kev siv hluav taws xob. Qhov nruab nrab tawm mus txog $ 700 lab ib xyoos.

Um, tsis yog cov lej no txhais tau tias tus nqi kwv yees ntawm EPA txoj kev npaj yuav muab piv rau thiab tej zaum qis dua li lub xeev cov nqi hluav taws xob uas twb tau siv lawm?

Tus tuav ntaub ntawv xov xwm Walker Laurel Patrick ncua cov lus nug no rau PSC, "raws li lawv yog lub luag haujlwm rau qhov kwv yees." PSC tus kws tshaj lij Nathan Conrad tau hais tias cov nqi kwv yees "yuav yog ntxiv rau cov nqi hluav taws xob uas yuav tsum tau them ua ntej" kom ua tau raws li cov qauv uas twb muaj lawm. Tab sis nws tau lees paub tias nws tseem tsis tau paub meej npaum li cas cov nqi uas twb muaj lawm yuav yog, rau yav tom ntej.

Reopelle, ntawm Clean Wisconsin, uas nyob rau hauv ib qho teeb meem cais tam sim no suing DNR tshaj nws qhov kev liam tias tsis ua raws li tsoomfwv cov qauv huab cua tshiab, tau hais tias nws pab pawg kev siv zog kom tau lub xeev los qhia txog cov txiaj ntsig thiab tsis yog cov nqi ntawm cov kev txwv cov pa roj carbon monoxide ntau dhau los ua tsis tau zoo.

Txij xyoo 2011 txog rau thawj ib nrab xyoo 2014, lub xeev tsib tus neeg ua lag luam muaj roj thiab hluav taws xob tau tshaj tawm siv $ 2.8 lab rau kev tos txais kev hloov pauv hauv xeev txoj cai lossis txoj cai. Lub sijhawm no, Clean Wisconsin tus nqi tos txais tag nrho tsuas yog $300,000 xwb.

Thiab txij li xyoo 2010 txog rau Lub Xya Hli 28 ntawm lub xyoo no, ntau dua $ 1 lab tau ntws mus rau cov neeg sib tw xaiv tsa rau cov chaw haujlwm tsim cai lij choj thiab lub xeev los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab pawg thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov roj thiab hluav taws xob, raws li kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Wisconsin Kev Sib Tw Zawv Zawg. Peb feem plaub ntawm qhov no tau mus rau Republicans.

Reopelle, thaum tsis ntseeg tias cov nyiaj tsuas yog qhov tseem ceeb, xav tias lub xeev tau tsom mus rau qhov ib pab pawg neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam - cov tuam txhab siv hluav taws xob - xav pom tshwm sim, thiab tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm kev lag luam txiaj ntsig ntawm kev nrhiav cov pa roj carbon monoxide. Tab sis nws zoo siab tias cov qauv tshiab yuav raug coj los siv, thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob yuav nrhiav txoj hauv kev los ua raws li yam tsis muaj kev poob rau qhov kev puas tsuaj thiab kev ntxhov siab.

Nws hais tias, "Thaum cov cai tau tshaj tawm," lawv yuav tsis muaj kev xaiv tiag tiag.

Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.wisconsinwatch.org). Lub Center tsim qhov project hauv kev koom tes nrog MapLight. Lub Chaw koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.

Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.

Nrov dab neeg los ntawm Wisconsin Watch