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Last Line of Defense: Battle over Wisconsin Gas Plant intensifies

Published: Jan. 23, 2024, 12:06 a.m.

Wisconsin's Public Service Commission approved a large methane gas plant four years ago. The site: a bluff overlooking the Nemadji River near the Minnesota border in Superior.\xa0At \u200bthe \u200btime, \u200bSuperior's \u200bcity \u200bcouncil \u200bunanimously \u200bsupported \u200bthe \u200bproject. \u200bBut \u200bit \u200bdidn't \u200btake \u200blong \u200bfor \u200bopinions \u200bto \u200bchange.\xa0

In this episode, Amy talks with \u200bSuperior City \u200bCouncilor\xa0\u200bJenny \u200bVan \u200bSickle who \u200bat \u200bfirst \u200bsupported \u200bthe \u200bplant \u200band \u200bis \u200bnow \u200bhelping \u200blead \u200bthe \u200bcharge \u200bto \u200bstop \u200bit. \u200bFind \u200bout \u200bwhat \u200bhas \u200bchanged -- and what YOU can do to help fight the plant.

Host:

Amy Barrilleaux

Guest:

Jenny Van Sickle, Bumble Bee Brigade Coordinator and Terrestrial Insect Ecologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Background Reading:\xa0

Take Action Now: Call on federal officials to denty funding for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center

Fighting the Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas plant

Indigenous tribes urge federal officials to deny loan for Superior gas plant

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