January 22, 2021
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General
Josh Kaul joined a multistate coalition on Monday in filing a motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s rollback of federal Endangered Species Act protections. In 2019, the Trump Administration finalized three rules revising numerous key requirements of the Endangered Species Act’s implementing regulations at the behest of industry groups. The multistate coalition filed their lawsuit shortly after. In today’s motion, the coalition argues that the final rules violate the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act, and should be vacated immediately.
By Casey Nelson
Jan 22, 2021 9:45 PM
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Governor Tony Evers says his administration is preparing to take legal action against companies responsible for PFAS contamination in Wisconsin. Evers, in consultation with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, asked the Department of the Administration (DOA) to begin the selection process for an outside law firm to help the state evaluate and pursue litigation against companies responsible. The decision comes following recommendations from the Wisconsin PFAS Action Council’s PFAS Action Plan released in December 2020.
âPFAS can have devastating effects not only on our stateâs ecosystem and vital natural resources, but on the health of our families and communities across the state,â Evers said in a statement on Friday. âIt is unacceptable and those companies responsible for the contamination of our land and water should be held accountable so we can move forward in cleaning up this polluti
Wisconsin joins multi-state lawsuits challenging last-minute Trump rule changes on protecting clean air
January 20, 2021 1:22 PM Stephen Cohn
US President Donald Trump listens to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. - Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of domestic terror committed by violent mobs. These are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror, Trump said, describing multiple nights of angry demonstrations last week after a white police officer in Kenosha shot a black man in the back at close range. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)