Archive: Winter 2023-2024
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 who died in January of last year at the age of 83. JoAnna Graves had...
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 MoreVictory in San Bernadino Valley
This article is excerpted from AP article by Adam Beam & Amy Taxin 9/19/23
Read MoreOil & 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 proposed, in the worst spot in the Great Lakes for an oil spill.
Read MoreWhat 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 contamination, pollution, and exploitation.
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 MoreWhose Democracy?
After being rejected in Wisconsin, Nestlé Waters appeared in Mecosta and Osceola Counties, welcomed by Governor Engler and a huge tax break. MCWC formed in 2000 when the damage from the Nestle pumping appeared. We filed a lawsuit and spent a million dollars and nine...
Read MoreMake Clean, Affordable Water Accessible to All in Michigan!
At the beginning of this year, Senator Chang organized a workgroup of elected officials, water providers, activists from Peoples Water Board, National Resources Defense and others, to meet weekly for seven months to sketch out what a water affordability plan for low-income residents should look...
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...
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