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Attorney General Bill Schuette Announces Legal Action Against Vanenkevort Tug and Barge for Causing April 1 Hazardous Waste Spill in Straits of Mackinac

Tuesday , 17, April 2018 Up North Progressive Bill Schuette, Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Nestlé Leave a comment

On April 16, 2018, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office issued a letter to Vanenkevort Tug and Barge of Escanaba, Michigan, the state would seek civil charges against the company for “potential liability for discharge of injurious substances to waters of the State.” On April 1, 2018, 550 gallons of liquid dielectric fluid used for cooling […]

Nestlé “We Own the Muskegon River” Waters Gets MDEQ Approval to Pump 400 Gallons of Ground Water Every Single Minute.

Wednesday , 4, April 2018 Up North Progressive Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a comment

While 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 […]

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 Up North Progressive Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a comment

In 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 […]

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