A group of conservation groups in Wisconsin are asking the state natural resources department to stop work on a US$492-million transmission line and revoke its wetlands and waterway permits until a “lawful” environmental review can be conducted.
The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the request on behalf of the Driftless Area Land Conservancy, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, and other groups after a federal judge blocked the line from crossing a national wildlife refuge and overturned its environmental impact statement, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
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“Wisconsin DNR has the obligation and duty under Wisconsin law to stop this orchestrated trainwreck, pause the construction spree, and provide for the proper environmental process to take its course without the spectre of a rushed construction process and a forced decision leading to wasteful costs and unnecessary environmental harms and property damages,” wrote ELPC Executive Director Howard Learner.
