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Polluter Pay Should Be Taken Up and Passed Immediately
The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan Director, Clean Water Action:
“Yesterday, Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi along with 49 co-sponsors introduced HB 4314 to hold polluters accountable for the pollution they create and the harm that it causes. With over 24,000 contaminated sites across Michigan, this issue could not be more urgent. Those who are responsible for environmental contamination need to be held responsible for cleaning it up. This is a basic issue of fairness – taxpayers should not be liable for cleaning up after wealthy corporations. We
Governor Whitmer’s Budget Proposal Will Improve Drinking Water, Protect Public Health
The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan Director, Clean Water Action:
“Governor Whitmer’s budget plan rightly focuses on helping Michigan families and communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and it goes further than that by suggesting real, concrete steps that can be taken to create jobs by rebuilding our water infrastructure, expanding EV infrastructure, and positioning our state to become a leader in the rising green economy. We call on Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Speaker Jason Wentworth to cast damaging and baseless conspiracy theories and
Burning Tires (Hazardous is the New Clean)
This post originally appeared on Eclectablog You know that warm, cozy feeling you get from seeing black toxic plumes of smoke billowing up from a pile of burning hazardous rubbish and industrial waste? (No, I didn’t think so.) Well, earlier this month Republican State Representative Aric Nesbitt introduced an eight-bill package that redefine burning old tires as “renewable energy”. (Yes, you read that right.) This pack of reckless and irresponsible ideas flagrantly thumbs its nose at Michigan’s current renewable energy standard (which defines “renewable energy sources” as things like wind and