Newsletter

May 2021 Newsletter

  1. Injection Wells

    Injection Wells

  2. Oil Pipeline Impacts

    Oil Pipeline Impacts

  3. Potash Mining

    Potash Mining

  4. Water affordability

    Water Affordability

  5. Water Grabs

    Water Grabs

Newsletter: May 2021

MCWC reviews pandemic year successes through coalition work on water shutoffs, Line 5 shutdown, and environmental justice while facing setbacks, including EGLE's contested case dismissal and ongoing legal battles.

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Summary

  • MCWC navigates pandemic challenges while EGLE continues permitting and coalition work expands statewide
  • Michigan water shutoff moratorium ends March thirty-first despite ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread
  • MCWC president calls for new volunteers as aging board members need succession support
  • Nestle sells North American bottled water operations to One Rock Capital Partners for billions
  • MCWC questions Nestle sale assets and urges state investigation of permit transfers
  • MCWC seeks volunteers for tech support, research, fundraising, and environmental monitoring roles
  • EPA grants EGLE primacy over injection wells despite inadequate public notification and incomplete application
  • Administrative law judge dismisses most MCWC challenges to Michigan Potash Company air permits
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