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Bill sets timelines for permitting process without rolling back environmental standards MADISON  — Senators Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) released a new bipartisan mining bill yesterday that would set timelines for permitting mines without rolling back environmental standards.

Bill rolls back environmental protections, eliminates accountability for mining companies MADISON  — The Wisconsin Assembly passed AB 426, the Assembly Open-Pit Mining Bill, on a party-line vote today despite strong public opposition to the bill.

MADISON — Clean Wisconsin’s government relations director, Amber Meyer Smith, released the following statement today after the Assembly Jobs, Economy and Small Business Committee passed Assembly Bill 426, the Assembly Mining Bill, with a party-line vote: “The Assembly Mining Bill rolls back commonsense environmental protections, silences the voice of the public, and eliminates accountability for mining corporations.