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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.
Detroit Bulk Storage Aggregate Spill Shows Need for Polluter Pay Law
DETROIT- Last week, while Michiganders were enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday, aggregate from a known contaminated site currently being used by Detroit Bulk Storage collapsed into the Detroit River. The site has been contaminated for decades with a variety of dangerous and radioactive chemicals including uranium, PCBs, and PFAS compounds. The collapsed riverbank threatens downriver water intake pipes for the city of Detroit.
This has been a known contaminated site for decades, while the corporations responsible for the contamination have evaded responsibility as a result of weak clean-up