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Risking Our Food and Farmland in Michigan
By Bruni Bezati, Lake St. Clair Program Intern I am extremely disappointed with the Michigan State Legislature’s decision to pass a package of bills that allows industrial waste, like coal ash, to be used in roads, as construction fill, and most alarming of all, to be spread over our farm fields. This poses the risk of contaminating our food and causing damage to Michigan’s farming communities. As an intern with Clean Water Action, I joined fellow staff and concerned community members this past Tuesday to inform elected officials about the dangers of coal ash and the negative effects these
Responding to #ProtectCleanWater Myths
By Margi Armstrong, Lake St. Clair Program Coordinator Protecting all of our nation’s water seems like a no brainer. In fact, when I ask folks in my community to take action to fix the Clean Water Act and ensure that we protect our drinking water sources, the most common response is “Well, duh! Where do I sign?!”. However, some of our elected officials in Michigan don’t feel the same way. A State Representative in Southeast Michigan has proposed a resolution calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to recall their proposed “waters of the
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Who We Are
Since our founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table.
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Desde nuestra fundación durante la campaña para aprobar la histórica Ley de Agua Limpia en 1972, Clean Water Action ha trabajado para obtener sólidas protecciones de salud y medioambientales al traer a la mesa conocimiento sobre los temas, razonamiento orientado a encontrar soluciones y el poder popular. Nuestra Misión Para proteger nuestro medio ambiente, la salud, el bienestar económico y la calidad de vida de la comunidad. Clean Water Action organiza fuertes grupos y coaliciones de base, y campañas para elegir candidatos medioambientales y para encontrar soluciones a los problemas
