Reducing Toxic Mercury Pollution – The Mercury Products Rule Clean Wisconsin worked with Senator Jauch (D-Superior) to develop draft legislation which was introduced in late 2007. This legislation would ban the use of mercury in schools, and ban the retail sale of numerous mercury-containing products including thermostats, switches, relays, commercial measuring devices, and household products such as games, jewelry, clothing, and cosmetics. This bill was passed by the Senate in a 30 to 3 vote in February, 2008. Unfortunately, there was not time for the Assembly to consider this bill before the end of the legislative session. Hundreds of Clean Wisconsin members across the state played a major role in supporting this bill to protect public health by reducing toxic mercury pollution. Your support led to the near unanimous vote in the Senate and will help us gain support and final passage of the mercury products ban in 2009.
Great Lakes Restoration Clean Wisconsin’s Great Lakes restoration campaign focused in large part on invasive species and ballast water legislation. We served as the communications hub for the Healing Our Waters Coalition (HOW) campaign in Wisconsin. This coalition worked to further engage members of Congress and Governor Doyle on many Great Lakes restoration issues. In this role we led communication and press relations efforts that helped build support among Wisconsin’s legislators for the Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act and the aquatic invasive species legislation. Thanks to you contacting your legislators, we gained the authorization of the electric barrier to help keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.
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