Archive: Fracking
October 2016 Newsletter
President's report details MCWC's shift from Nestlé battle to the fossil fuel industry threats including Line 5 pipeline, fracking ban campaign, injection wells, US Ecology expansion, and Flint water justice advocacy work.
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The Flint water crisis resulted from state government failures and privatization efforts. The Emergency Manager rule ignored residents' right to clean water while enabling private corporations in Michigan cities.
Read MoreDecember 2015 Newsletter
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.
Read MoreNovember 2014 Newsletter
MCWC announces three priority areas: supporting fracking ban ballot initiative requiring $500,000 by December, opposing Line 5 pipeline under Mackinac Straits, and joining a Detroit water justice coalition.
Read MoreMay 2014 Newsletter
MCWC celebrates becoming debt-free after fourteen years, having raised over one million dollars through garage sales, pasties, and grants to pay off Nestlé legal battle costs.
Read MoreAugust 2012 Newsletter
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.
Read MoreMay 2011 Newsletter
MCWC board unanimously passes a resolution demanding a complete ban on horizontal hydraulic fracking in Michigan, citing water contamination, chemical dangers, regulatory exemptions, and threats to drinking water quality and safety.
Read MoreJanuary 2011 Newsletter
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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