Archive: Potash Mining
November 2017 Newsletter
Nestle opposition continues with over 85,000 Michigan comments submitted. Osceola Township denies booster station permit and faces lawsuit. Citizen scientists document environmental damage from seventeen years water withdrawal.
Read MoreApril 2017 Newsletter
Nestle requests a permit to increase water withdrawal from 150 to 400 gallons per minute near Evart. MCWC mobilizes a campaign generating over 25,000 comments opposing privatization of public water resources.
Read MoreOctober 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.
Read MoreDonate a little time to protect our water!
All of MCWCs efforts are currently being managed by a small group of board members and super volunteers, but we can’t do it alone. We need your help, and there are lots of ways!
Read MorePotash Update – December 2023
For the last 12 years or so, activity on the potash development proposed for Osceola County has come in waves. Those of us living in the sacrifice zone are now mercifully experiencing yet another lull in the action. On the crest of the last wave,...
Read MoreEnd of Year Summary Report 2023
MCWC has managed to survive the Covid-19 Pandemic. However, we have found ourselves in a much different climate as a non-profit, all volunteer organization than we experienced before 2019. We are not unique in this respect. The Pandemic affected us all, and has been accompanied...
Read MoreWater Consumption & Destruction
Since coming to our state in 2011, Michigan Potash Company (MPSC) has avoided disclosing how much fresh water they will consume. The company initially “registered” with the DEQ (now EGLE) to withdraw from the Big Stone Creek watershed 1,200 gallons-per-minute which, although obscenely large, was...
Read MoreFracking and Injection Wells Still with Us
The proposal to ban fracking and frack wastes might appear on the 2022 ballot this fall, if four individuals prevail in court to have their signatures count.
Read MoreMCWC Letter to Cadillac News
Is Michigan Potash and Salt Company finally prepared to launch a billion-dollar mining venture in Osceola County? They say yes. We say look more closely.
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