Public Intervenor Office Restoration

MEA and the Wisconsin Stewardship Network recently released a report outlining the far-ranging contributions of Wisconsin's Public Intervenor Office (PIO) and the detrimental void created when former Governor Thompson destroyed it in 1995.  The PIO provided high quality scientific, technical and legal information to defend Wisconsin's waters and other natural resources.  Since its demise, private citizens are now shouldering a far greater burden to defend their right to clean air and water and an accountable and effective government.  The PIO also provided an important benefit to Wisconsin's business community by reducing legal uncertainty, serving as an industry problem-solver, and protecting Wisconsin's $11 billion tourism industry.

With the recent EPA-issued Notice of Deficiency for Wisconsin's Title V clean air program and the latest Legislative Audit Bureau air audit identifying a pattern of significant program management deficiencies in Wisconsin, the need for a Public Intervenor has never been greater.

To read the report, "At a Loss: The State of Wisconsin after Eight Years without the Public Intervenor Office," click here.

Recent Media:

July 28, 2004
Bringing Back the Public Intervenor
Wisconsin Public Radio-Interview with Melissa Scanlan

April 15, 2004
Intervenor Again Needed in State
The Capital Times

April 14, 2004
Restoration of the Public Intervenor
Wisconsin Public Radio-Interview with Melissa Scanlan