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Raw Deal

There’s only one way to describe the recent revenue package (HB 118 & 542) that passed the Pennsylvania State Senate and is supported by Governor Wolf, which trades off enacting one the nation’s weakest severance taxes on natural gas drilling for inclusion of the most damaging set of environmental provisions we’ve seen in a long time, a raw deal. Is this situation giving you a feeling of déjà vu? It’s probably because our state legislature has made sticking anti-environmental provisions into bills meant to deal exclusively with the state budget an annual tradition because they know these

Environmental Justice in Anacostia Park

Anacostia Park is a 1200 acre park system adjacent to the Anacostia River, managed by the National Park Service. It is a greenspace that has and still does play an important role in the culture and community health of several predominantly Black neighborhoods in Southeast and Northeast D.C. Advocacy to support investments in the stewardship and infrastructural maintenance of Anacostia park has been a long-standing challenge.

MI Water, MI Future Transcript - Water Justice, Access and Affordability in Michigan

MI Water MI Future Townhall Series Water Justice: Access & Affordability in Michigan June 1, 2020 Video Transcript Townhall Video Link (Youtube) Chat Transcript With Links (end of audio transcript) Panelists Congressman Dan Kildee (Michigan's 5th Congressional District) Senator Stephanie Chang (Michigan State Senate District 1) Sylvia Orduño (Advocate & Community Organizer, People's Water Board Coalition) Moderator Sean McBrearty, Clean Water Action Michigan Legislative and Political Director Sean McBrearty 00:10 Welcome everybody. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. My name is Sean

Michigan’s Outdated and Dangerous Combined Sewer Systems

Many of Michigan’s urban and suburban areas expanded rapidly between the 1920s and the 1950s — an era with different priorities for water management. Many of Michigan’s water systems were originally built as combined systems, meaning the pipes carried both stormwater and wastewater. These systems simply discharged all water directly into local lakes, rivers, and streams, without treatment. Wastewater treatment centers were built later, and the combined sewer pipes were redirected there for the water to be processed before being released back into the water table. Starting in the mid-1950s
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