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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Issues Opinion On Lame Duck Enbridge Line 5 “Tunnel” Law
Thursday , 28, March 2019 Enbridge Line 5, Environment 1 CommentToday in Lansing Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel gave her official legal opinion on the constitutionality of PA 359, the law that creates a Straits Corridor Authority with the job of servicing Enbridge’s desire to continue pumping oil through an aging pipeline for the next 100 years. The purpose of the act was to create […]
The State of Michigan Will Have a Tornado Drill on March 27, 2019
Tuesday , 26, March 2019 Community, Environment Leave a commentOn Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the entire state of Michigan will participate in a tornado drill to raise awareness about safety during severe weather. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed the week of March 24th to 30th as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week to better prepare the state for severe weather emergencies. At one o’clock in the afternoon […]
National Forest Service Bans Alcohol Consumption on Portions of Three Rivers in Huron-Manistee National Forests – DELAYED February 12, 2019
Tuesday , 12, February 2019 Environment Leave a commentOn February 1, 2019, National Forests Supervisor Leslie Auriemmo signed order 09-04-19-01 making it illegal to have alcohol on portions of three rivers in the Huron-Manistee National Forests from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The order, according to Auriemmo was enacted to address safety and pollution issues on those sections of the three rivers. That […]
Happy Michigan Deer Season 2018: Don’t Eat the Deer Within 5 Miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda
Tuesday , 13, November 2018 Environment Leave a commentLess than 48 hours until the state’s largest standing army moves into the forests and fields of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a warning to anyone hunting within 5 miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda to not eat the meat from the deer they kill due to elevated levels of […]
Poppy Sias-Hernandez for 34th Michigan State Senate: Meet the Candidates 2018
Saturday , 25, August 2018 Candidates, Elections, Environment, Flint Water, Meet the Candidates 2018, Michigan Women, Nestlé Leave a commentThe 34th State Senate District includes the counties of Muskegon, Oceana, and Newaygo Counties. The next senator to represent the people of that district is Poppy Sias-Hernandez. Poppy lives in Muskegon with her husband and two children. Poppy Sias-Hernandez attended The College of Marin, earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California Berkley and […]
Nestlé “We Own the Muskegon River” Waters Gets MDEQ Approval to Pump 400 Gallons of Ground Water Every Single Minute.
Wednesday , 4, April 2018 Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentWhile people in Flint are quickly approaching a thousand days with undrinkable water, the Michigan Department of Environmental IneQuality approved Nestlé Waters’ request to more than double the output of water from the ground in Osceola County and sell it for a profit. This is after a year and a half of written comment, and […]
Public Notified of Yet Another Oil Spill in Michigan a Month After it Happens
Thursday , 1, February 2018 Environment Leave a commentOn December 27, 2017, Merit Energy of Dallas, Texas, notified the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality an oil pipeline in Manistee County leaked approximately fifty barrels of oil into a wetland. Media sources are just now learning about the spill a month after the MDEQ received notification. According to the MDEQ, Merit Energy reported the […]
Silent Vigil Protest Scheduled at Reed City Courthouse November 15, 2017: Nestlé Still Wants to Pump Four Hundred Gallons per Minute out of Osceola County
Tuesday , 14, November 2017 Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIn April of 2017 the Osceola Township Planning Commission denied Nestlé Waters North America a permit to build a new pumping station in order to double the amount of water they extract from the ground to sell as Ice Mountain Spring Water. The Zoning Appeals Board agreed with the planning commission, and now Nestlé, despite […]
Wexford County Commissioners Draft Resolution Opposing Injection Well for Dump They Used to Own: A Lesson in Why We Should Not Privatize Public Things
Saturday , 4, November 2017 Environment, Kalkaska, Religious Fundamentalism, Sad!, Trumpenreich Leave a commentOn November 2, 2017, the Wexford County Board of Commissioners voted 8 to 1 to draft a resolution opposing a permit for a deep injection wastewater well scheduled to be located in the Manton area. A tentative permit has been granted to Wexford Water Technologies LLC by the EPA, but the public has until November […]