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Support the Shutdown of Enbridge Line 5 This Week
Tuesday , 11, May 2021 Enbridge Line 5, Michigan Water Leave a commentTomorrow and Thursday, May 12 and 13, 2021, groups working to protect the Great Lakes and put an end to the threat Enbridge Line 5 poses have events happening in Lansing and Mackinac City. The deadline to shut down Enbridge Line 5 is tomorrow, May 12, 2021. Enbridge insists they will ignore Governor Whitmer’s orders […]
Nestlé Sold Ice Mountain to a Private Equity Firm: What fresh hell is coming next
Monday , 22, February 2021 Environment, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIf you didn’t hear the news from last week Ice Mountain and all of the other bottled water companies owned by Nestlé will be sold to One Rock Capital Partners for $4.3 billion. The private equity firm will partner with Dean Metropoulos to complete the sale, then Metropoulos will become the CEO. NWNA hasn’t been […]
The State of Michigan Water 2020: Nestle Enbridge and now Michigan Potash LLC
Wednesday , 22, January 2020 Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Flint Water, Michigan Potash LLC, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a comment2020 is a big year for the state of Michigan’s water. Nestlé Waters looks forward to pumping 400 gallons of fresh water out of Osceola County every minute. Enbridge makes plans to begin building their tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. PFA testing and cleanup continue across the state. It couldn’t possibly get worse. In […]
Enbridge Not Giving Up on Line 5: Tell Them What You Think
Thursday , 23, April 2020 Up North Progressive Enbridge Line 5, Michigan Water Leave a comment. The Michigan Public Service Commission received an application from Enbridge Energy on April 17, 2020, requesting authority to replace or relocate Enbridge Line 5 into a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Currently, the 67-year-old pipeline lays on the bottom of the Straits exposed to corrosion and damage from rupturing; dumping millions of gallons […]