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August 2012 Newsletter

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    Fracking

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    Water Grabs

Newsletter: August 2012

Acting president warns horizontal fracking uses millions of gallons of groundwater mixed with toxic secret chemicals and radioactive material, permanently contaminating aquifers while DEQ ignores cumulative environmental impacts statewide.

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Summary

  • Terry Swier travels to Oregon to inspire coalition fighting Nestle’s proposed Columbia River Gorge bottling plant
  • Acting President warns horizontal fracking poses deadly threat to Michigan waters with toxic contamination and radioactive waste
  • Member challenges 700-plus MCWC supporters to raise $150 each to pay off environmental legal debts
  • Over fifty universities and one hundred cities join “Think Outside the Bottle” anti-bottled water movement
  • Jim Olson condemns beach grooming bill as betrayal of Great Lakes public trust doctrine
  • MCWC endorses Global Frackdown international day of action against fracking on September 22
  • Committee to Ban Fracking petition gathering continues with five months until 2014 ballot deadline
  • Don Roy imagines dystopian 2025 headlines warning of fracking’s long-term environmental and economic devastation
  • Encana establishes “man camps” in Kalkaska County as horizontal fracking operations expand across Michigan
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