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Clean Water Action Renews Call for Governor Whitmer to Revoke Line 5 Easement Immediately
The following statement can be attributed to Sean McBrearty, Michigan Legislative and Policy Director, Clean Water Action:
“Last week, Governor Whitmer asked Enbridge Inc., to provide financial assurance mechanisms as well as an insurance policy for the Line 5 pipeline that names the state of Michigan as coinsured. We know that nothing will protect the Great Lakes from an increasingly likely Line 5 oil spill short of revoking Enbridge’s easement, but at the very least Enbridge’s insurance policy would ensure that Michigan taxpayers aren’t left holding the bag when a devastating oil spill
Thankful for you
As I look back on 2019, there are plenty of times that it would have been easy to get frustrated, throw my hands up, and lose hope. But I didn't -- and Clean Water members and supporters had a lot to do with that.
I think I can speak for all of us here at Clean Water Action when I say our members and supporters give us hope and keep us going.
The impact has been huge. Throughout the year, Clean Water members and activists sent messages, mailed letters, signed postcards, and made phone calls. They contacted their federal officials, state legislators, CEOs of major retailers, and other important
Trump administration guts water pollution controls for coal plants, putting industry profits before public health
Today the Trump administration continued its assault on the Clean Water Act and signed a proposal to weaken effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for the power plant industry.
Comments on proposed regulations Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration
We are deeply concerned that the proposed regulations will continue to allow claimants of the Section 45Q tax credit to benefit from the production of fossil fuels without adequately demonstrating secure geologic storage of captured carbon, as the law requires.
Re: Comments on Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management Under the Clean Water Act, No. EPA‐821‐R19‐001
July 1, 2019
Mr. Jesse Pritts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water (4303T)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Submitted via email to: oil-and-gas-study@epa.gov and pritts.jesse@epa.govDear Mr. Pritts:
On behalf of our members and supporters, Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund appreciates the opportunity to provide input to US EPA on the Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management Under the Clean Water Act (Draft), No. EPA‐821‐R19‐ 001 (hereinafter referred to as the “Draft Study”).
The Draft Study, insofar as it addresses the question of whether