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Wisc: Mining company, allies spent freely get bill approved

2014-09-02 03:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Journal-Sentinel: The recent disclosure that Gogebic Taconite donated $700,000 to a Wisconsin political group is the latest example of how the mining company and its supporters used money, influence and the allure of jobs to persuade lawmakers to relax state environmental regulations. Gogebic zoomed into Wisconsin politics in 2011. The company had plans for a massive open pit iron ore mine, but it demanded changes in mining laws before starting a multimillion-dollar regulatory review. The $1.5 billion project...

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