The state will hand out 5 masks per person per month at public locations such as libraries and rec centers as a way to curb the surge of the omicron variant.
By Carl Lindner - Dec 20th, 2020 08:41 am //end headline wrapper ?>Oak Creek Power Plant and Elm Road Generating Station. Photo by Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch.
Two years ago, almost to the day, a dozen or so members of the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin gathered in Zeidler Union Square, across from We Energies‘ headquarters. They were there to protest the pollution and health hazards caused by the two large coal burning plants in Oak Creek.
Since 2017 the Coalition has held public events and published numerous op-eds and letters to editors to educate the public about the toxic effects of coal energy. One of these events, a “listening session,” was held at the Oak Creek Public Library in the spring of 2018. About 200 residents and neighbors were there to share and listen to testimony about the blanket of coal dust they had recently discovered on their cars, houses, driveways, and the playground near the plant. Overnight, th