Newsletter

December 2015 Newsletter

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    Fracking

  2. Lillies

    In Memoriam

  3. Oil Pipeline Impacts

    Oil Pipeline Impacts

  4. Other

    Other

  5. Water affordability

    Water Affordability

  6. Water Grabs

    Water Grabs

Newsletter: December 2015

Editorial reveals that Detroit water shutoffs and Flint lead poisoning follow an identical pattern: emergency managers privatizing water systems through the Water Authority, Veolia North America, while infrastructure crumbles, rates skyrocket, and predominantly poor Black residents suffer.

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Summary

  • Memorial for Lois Hartzler, devoted founding MCWC member who inspired others through activism
  • Committee to Ban Fracking collects 150,000 signatures but falls short of 252,523 needed for ballot
  • Poll shows 59% of Michigan voters support fracking ban, 66% want frack waste banned
  • Michigan Nurses Association passes resolution supporting fracking ban due to public health risks
  • Editorial connects Detroit and Flint water crises as parallel privatization schemes under emergency managers
  • Detroit shuts off water to 35,000 households as rates double while Veolia positions for privatization
  • Flint emergency manager switches to corrosive river water, poisoning residents with lead for year
  • Genesee County passes resolution demanding Line 5 pipeline shutdown under Mackinac Straits
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes proposes a boat ramp, threatening the endangered Piping Plover nesting habitat
  • Homestead Resort continues spraying partially-treated sewage on national park land
  • Citizens oppose Class 2 toxic waste injection well in Fork Township near drinking water sources
  • Marathon Oil expands fracking operations in Crawford County state forest
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