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Ballot Initiative To Get Money Out Of Michigan Politics Advances
“When powerful corporations spend big to influence elected officials, the people of Michigan lose our voice in our own government. There is a conflict of interest when regulated utilities and big government contractors are financially supporting the elected officials who should be working for the people they represent. Our democracy should not be for sale, and we are ready to take this to the voters.”
Lost Hills Residents Don't Want Company-Sponsored Gym Memberships—They Want Clean Air and Clean Water
This blog is in response to David Brooks’ recent op-ed published in the New York Times on May 17, focused on improving the health and lives of residents in Lost Hills, California, a community in which I work with Clean Water Action. We submitted a letter to the editor to the paper in response to Mr. Brooks' article, but the editors chose not to publish it. Still, you might want to read Mr. Brooks' piece before you dive in, here.
Farming towns are towns with lots of farms around, whereas company towns are owned almost entirely by the town's major company. The company provides infrastructure to
Putting Drinking Water First: Time to Curb Power Plants' Toxic Pollution
Clean Water Action’s analysis of supporting documents for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category confirms that power plant discharges to surface water often include contaminants that experts consider to be "contaminants of concern" when found in drinking water.
No Line 5 Tunnel - Comment and Letter Delivery
Clean Water Action is partnering with Oil And Water Don't Mix for a no tunnel letter and comment delivery day in Lansing! We'll be making a letter delivery to the Governor's office and displaying a batch of origami fish made as part of the Fish for Future project.