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March 2016 Newsletter

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.

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December 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.

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November 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.

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May 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.

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August 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.

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May 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.

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January 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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August 2009 Newsletter

MCWC celebrates major victory against Nestle after nine-year legal battle, forcing permanent fifty-percent reduction in water pumping to protect Mecosta streams, lakes, and wetlands from excessive removal.

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