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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 thank
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
PFAS Chemicals – Protecting Our Drinking Water And Our Health
PFAS are a class of human-made chemicals that very long-lived, which means that they remain in the environment and in humans and wildlife for a very long time. Clean Water is taking on pollution from these "Forever Chemicals" through education, research, working with impacted communities, advocating for legislation and regulation at the state and national level, supporting Safe Drinking Water Act monitoring, holding polluters accountable, and more.
