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Michigan GOP Votes to Continue Risking Great Lakes for Oil Industry Profits
"No agency has actually examined the environmental impacts of tunneling through the Great Lakes bottomlands in an area where we'd have explosion risks underneath an operating pipeline. This does not make the Great Lakes safer. This is not safer for Michigan's workers or for our Great Lakes. This actually makes things worse."
Testimony Against Michigan HR 91 and the Proposed Line 5 Tunnel
The proposed Line 5 tunnel would keep the dangerous pipeline open for an expected additional decade, while the tunnel itself is an immensely risky venture with scientists raising red flags. However, responding to a executive order from President Trump the Army Corps of Engineers is speed-running the tunnel approval process - despite the immense risk.
Clean Water Staff Speak Out at EPA Listening Session
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund made our voices loud and clear at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest listening session on the Clean Water Act. On May 1, 2025, EPA invited environmental stakeholders to weigh in on the definition of the “Waters of the United States,” an important term that determines what waters are protected and regulated under the Clean Water Act.
Great Lakes Oil Tunnel’s Future More Doubtful With Army Corps Delay
A federal agency’s announcement Thursday of a lengthy delay in deciding on a controversial proposed oil tunnel construction project in the Great Lakes will likely increase pressure on the Biden administration to support Michigan officials’ efforts to shut down the existing damaged and aging pipeline in the Straits.
Workers Rights and our shared environment
Protecting and strengthening the right of workers to organize is not something usually seen as a priority of environmentalists and environmental organizations, but it ought to be. Not only are these movements inextricably linked, but we are more powerful and are more able to create meaningful change for all working people when we stand together.