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Line 5 Decommissioning: Next Steps
Governor Whitmer and the Department of Natural Resources revoked and terminated the 1953 easement allowing Line 5 to operate in the Straits of Mackinac. This was a huge victory that Clean Water Action and our allies have been demanding and working towards for years. We are celebrating, but the fight to decommission Line 5 continues.
Clean Water Action Applauds Governor Whitmer’s Action to Shut Down Line 5
After over a year-long review, the Department of Natural Resources has discovered many incurable violations to the 1953 easement that allows Enbridge to operate Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. We applaud the Governor’s actions to protect Michigan residents and our public trust resources by revoking the 1953 easement and shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
We Will Not Be Silenced: Speaking Out Against NEPA Rollbacks
Clean Water Action joined environmental advocates and community leaders from across the country for a rally and hearing in Washington, DC to speak out against the Trump Administration's rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, traveled from Newark, NJ to speak at the hearing.
Protecting Californians from Oil and Gas Production
More than 5 million Californians live near oil and gas production. In Kern County, oil production is wedged between homes and looms over schools and playground. Our communities are under a haze of contaminants due to the gargantuan fields of oil and gas wells bordering towns and scattered along our roads.
Clean Water Action on HR 1166 -- USEIT Act
February 5, 2019
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The Honorable Paul Tonko Chair, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change U.S. House of Representatives 2123 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable John Shimkus Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change U.S. House of Representatives 2123 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515
Chair Tonko and Ranking Member Shimkus
On behalf of Clean Water Action, our members, and supporters, I write to provide a written statement for the subcommittee’s hearing on Fenbruary 6, 2020 on H.R.. 1166, the