Walker is proposing a biodigester, not to clean up the Kewaunee Counties ground water, but to build more concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Looks like rural voters can keep on hating government, while voting in their "small" government Republican abusers.
The state will take proposals to build a centralized plant that would convert manure into energy. Locals in Kewaunee County, such as Lynn Utesch, a small farmer and activist with the group Kewaunee Cares said, "This is not a 'win-win' for Kewaunee County. This is a win for the industry that wants to make it look like this is a solution when in reality all it is a way to consolidate and expand the industry."
Mr Utesch is correct. A CAFO owner near the Door/Kewaunee County border is seeking an expansion nearly doubling its herd size. Taxpayers are going to be asked again to pay the industry generated costs associated with dumping of animal waste.
ReplyDeleteSolutions to cleaning up current water pollution are being ignored completely. There is no longer even a pretense of concern being afforded to addressing already contaminated residential wells by any agency, in regard to this public health crisis.