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Water Action Wednesday: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Learn where we’ve been and where we are today. Take #WaterActionWednesday time today to read more about the history, leadership, and present day organizing by Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the Environmental Justice movement.
Silicon Valley Billionaires line up for state tax handouts and massive Great Lakes water withdrawals
Legislation currently advancing through the Michigan State Legislature would exempt new data centers from paying sales and use taxes in Michigan. Data centers are large users of both electricity and water, often don’t deliver on the jobs and investments that they promise, and raise an important question about exactly what kind of development and investment we need in Michigan.
Making Polluters Pay Again
It’s 2002. I’m seven years old and sitting at my dining room table with my mom, eating breakfast and drinking a glass of orange juice. My mom and I are laughing about something when I knock the glass over. The juice spills everywhere – on the table and floor as I stare at the mess in shock. My mom scrambles to the kitchen, grabs paper towels and hands them to me, saying “It’s ok, just clean up your mess.”
This a familiar experience for many of us. We are taught if we make a mess, we should clean it up. Except when it comes to corporations and their pollution in Michigan. For too long, we have