Just keeping them honest. This is a real opportunity for Foxconn in many ways. It will have American workers and it can build this plant to combat emissions. Foxconn has an opportunity to become a world class company mired in the best possible emissions record.
No government, in the USA or otherwise, at the local, state or federal level should be allowing more emissions. The time is now to MODERNIZE the companies and their future.
July 25, 2017
By Patrick Marley, Rick Romell and Lee Bergquist
Madison – A plan to bring a massive Foxconn Technology Group (click here) plant to Wisconsin could cost $1 billion to $3 billion in local, state and federal incentives over coming years — a stunning sum for a project that backers say could transform the state’s economy.
An incentive package of that size would be unlike anything Wisconsin has offered in the past and would require approval from state lawmakers. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) has said he hoped to get bipartisan support for the package.
Fitzgerald did not provide details on the terms of the package, but sources said it would likely top $1 billion and could close in on $3 billion....
...Reeling in the company would take big bucks. One source said Wisconsin's offer would top $1 billion. Three others said it would be closer to $3 billion. A fifth source said the deal at one point was expected to be worth $3 billion but had come down since then.
Two of those citing the $3 billion price tag said the package would be paid over 15 years....
...Some areas in southeastern Wisconsin would exceed that limit, which might require manufacturers to add more pollution controls, or pay other companies for pollution credits that they earned from shutting down or reducing emissions.No government, in the USA or otherwise, at the local, state or federal level should be allowing more emissions. The time is now to MODERNIZE the companies and their future.
July 25, 2017
By Patrick Marley, Rick Romell and Lee Bergquist
Madison – A plan to bring a massive Foxconn Technology Group (click here) plant to Wisconsin could cost $1 billion to $3 billion in local, state and federal incentives over coming years — a stunning sum for a project that backers say could transform the state’s economy.
An incentive package of that size would be unlike anything Wisconsin has offered in the past and would require approval from state lawmakers. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) has said he hoped to get bipartisan support for the package.
Fitzgerald did not provide details on the terms of the package, but sources said it would likely top $1 billion and could close in on $3 billion....
...Reeling in the company would take big bucks. One source said Wisconsin's offer would top $1 billion. Three others said it would be closer to $3 billion. A fifth source said the deal at one point was expected to be worth $3 billion but had come down since then.
Two of those citing the $3 billion price tag said the package would be paid over 15 years....
Wisconsin official have raised objections to the tougher standards. Attorney General Brad Schimel joined a group of other like-minded states in a federal lawsuit challenging the new limits.
In the suit, the states said the new restrictions would pose harmful economic consequences on companies operating in areas with a history of ozone levels above 70 parts per billion. The states also said that the law ignores the role of pollution transported from other states.
Also, Trump has ordered EPA officials to delay implementation of the ozone rules. And last week the U.S. House voted to slow the regulatory timeline for compliance.
Ozone is created when heat and sunlight mix with two types of air pollution — nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. Exposure to elevated levels of ozone can lead to reduced lung function and aggravate asthma and other lung diseases.
Tyson Cook, who tracks air emissions for the Clean Wisconsin, said his group — for now — is not commenting on the Foxconn situation.
But he said the public should not lose sight of the fact that the rules were issued after a federal scientific panel determined ozone levels are currently too high and exacerbate health issues.
Cook said that asthma affects about 1 in 13 children in the state. He noted the Department of Health Services has estimated asthma costs at more than $100 million a year.
