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Extra! Extra! MEA's Advocacy Updates Contain the Latest News on Action to Protect the Environment and You!

MEA is constantly working to support your rights to clean air, clean water and a clean government. Get involved with the latest issues and events we're working on and stay in touch with new developments in our cases through MEA' Advocacy Updates, our bimonthly electronic newsletter.

In the latest Advocacy Update read about MEA's recent settlement of a long running case to keep sludge (pictured above) out of our waterways. Also read about our recent efforts to promote rules and standards that protect people and the environment.
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Midwest Environmental Advocates is the first and only non-profit environmental law center in Wisconsin. MEA provides legal and technical support to grassroots groups that are working for environmental justice in the Western Great Lakes region.

 
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BIG NEWS!  On April 18, the Livestock Facility Siting Review Board overturned Crawford County’s decision to allow an existing livestock facility to expand.  MEA had appealed the county’s decision to the Board on behalf of 28 Crawford County citizens concerned about the health and environmental impacts of the expansion.
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New! On April 14, 2008 the EPA granted the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians treatment-as-a-state status to run its own water quality standards program on its reservation. Prior to this decision waters on the reservation existed in a regulatory void. MEA supports the tribe's efforts to provide protection to their waters.
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Over 150 Rally for Responsible Farming
MEA would like to thank all of the people who made the first ever conference on the Environmental Impacts of Large Livestock Operations in Wisconsin a resounding success! Learn more about MEA's work to promote sustainable farming here.
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