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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 for the Baltimore City Payment in Lieu of Taxes Task Force
This morning, the Baltimore City Council is holding a hearing on Council Bill 25-0036, legislation to create a Baltimore City Payment in Lieu of Taxes Task Force. As Baltimore considers next year's budget and grapples with significant funding shortfalls, we need large institutions in the City to pay their fair share. Read our testimony and learn more about the bill:
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.
Trump Admin’s Fast-Track of Line 5 Oil Tunnel: Threat to Great Lakes, Michigan and the Region
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers formally announced that Enbridge’s Line 5 oil tunnel will receive fast-track approval. If built, this project would be located in the heart of the Great Lakes where geological experts have sounded the alarm about the risk of an underwater explosion occurring during construction.
Speak out at Baltimore City Board of Estimates Taxpayer's Night!
On Wednesday, April 23, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is holding its annual Taxpayer's Night - the year's first public hearing on next year's City budget. How is the City spending your money? Is the City investing enough in clean water, clean air, healthy communities, and Zero Waste? Speak out at Taxpayer's Night to share your budget priorities!