(The Center Square) – A new lawsuit is fighting against a Wisconsin law that prevents the Public Service Commission from considering air pollution when approving power plants.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and Our Children’s Trust filed the lawsuit on behalf of 15 Wisconsin minors, who claim the dangers of fossil fuel power generation is endangering their health, threatening their homes and their futures while endangering their life and liberty.
“These laws force Wisconsin’s energy regulators to ignore the biggest crisis of our time,” said Nate Bellinger, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Our Children’s Trust and lead counsel for the plaintiffs. “Because of these unconstitutional laws, the Public Service Commission continues approving new fossil fuel-fired power plants while turning a blind eye towards Wisconsin’s smoke-filled skies, rising temperatures overflowing rivers, and harms to children’s physical and mental health.”…