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Michigan Currents - Summer 2015
Protecting the Great Lakes State
On Earth Day, Clean Water Action partnered with State Representatives Sarah Roberts, Jeff Irwin, Gretchen Driskell and Tom Cochran to introduce a package of bills calling for more state protections from oil and gas pipelines throughout Michigan.
Selling Our Health Down the River
Fossil-fuel burning power plants discharge at least 5 .5 billion pounds of pollution into rivers, streams, lakes and bays each year.
Regulating Oil & Gas Activities to Protect Drinking Water
When the U.S. Congress first passed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1974, it authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a program to protect vital under- ground drinking water resources from risks of industrial activities in which fluid is injected
into the ground. However, Congress also included language mandating that EPA not “interfere with or impede” oil and gas production unless it is “absolutely essential” in order to protect underground sources of drinking water.
The regulatory and legislative history of the SDWA Underground Injection Control Program
Aquifer Exemptions: Sacrificing Groundwater for Oil and Gas Production
The Aquifer Exemption program in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program allows certain oil and gas and mining activity to occur in groundwater that would otherwise be protected as a drinking water source.
Michigan Currents l Summer 2014
In this issue: Protect Pure Michigan, Michigan House Votes to Trash Michigan with Coal Ash, Bilking Taxpayers for "Pure" PR?, BWL's Eckert Coal Plant to Close, Fracking in Michigan: DEQ Rules Need Strengthening, Pet Coke Problems, Award Celebration Honors U.S. Rep. Dingell, DTE Energy's CEO Hides from Shareholders and Ratepayers, 30 Percent by 2030 for Clean Water-Clean Energy Jobs