Newsletter

January 2011 Newsletter

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    Fracking

  2. Oil Pipeline Impacts

    Oil Pipeline Impacts

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    Other

  4. Water Grabs

    Water Grabs

Newsletter: January 2011

An educational piece reveals bottled water contains dangerous contaminants exceeding health limits, requires seventeen million barrels of oil yearly for production, and creates massive waste with eighty-six percent ending in landfills.

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Summary

  • MCWC board introduces new leadership including Monica Evans as president and expanded membership
  • Bioneers conference workshop connects water commons protection to fracking ban efforts in Michigan
  • Educational piece exposes bottled water safety concerns, environmental waste, and petroleum consumption
  • Keystone XL Pipeline threatens Ogallala aquifer and agricultural heartland with tar sands oil spill risk
  • Fracking facts reveal millions of gallons of contaminated water and exemptions from environmental regulations
  • World Bank partners with Nestle and Coca-Cola to privatize water sector despite failures worldwide
  • MCWC debt reduced from one million dollars to under forty thousand through volunteer efforts
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