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MCWC: Transitions and Triumphs
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MCWC has been going through some necessary transitions the last few years and we want to update our members and supporters briefly on what we’ve been up to. As you know COVID 19 set all non-profits back a bit and changed the ways we could do business for almost three years. We moved to Zoom, stopped doing in-person events, and a number of us had to deal with health issues. We also lost some of our key leaders and the founders of our organization. See the memorials for the most recent losses below.
During this time we also were given the remarkable gift of a property in Lake County upon the passing of one of our members, JoAnna Graves. For a non-profit that was in debt due to...
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History of Potash Mining
Michigan's potash mining history is marked by repeated failures, beginning with Pittsburgh Plate Glass's discovery of high-grade deposits in the 1980s and construction of a small plant in Hersey that...
JoAnna Graves & The Gift of Nirvana
Last February MCWC got a call from an attorney in Milwaukee informing us that we had inherited a property in the settlement of Nirvana, Lake County Michigan from a member...
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Mining, Oil Pipeline Impacts, Potash Mining, Water Affordability, Water Grabs
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...
Victory in San Bernadino Valley
This article is excerpted from AP article by Adam Beam & Amy Taxin 9/19/23
Oil & Water Don’t Mix Responds to Michigan Public Service Commission Decision on Line 5 Permit
MICHIGAN –– The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) announced today that they are approving siting for Enbridge’s Line 5 Great Lakes expansion project, the largest underwater hazardous liquids tunnel ever...
What Legal Court Precedents and Legislation Regulates the Pumping and Sale of Water in Michigan?
As “The Great Lakes State,” Michigan has an essential duty to protect its freshwater resources. There are several important legal protections built into state law to protect our waters from...