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Scorecard for the 2018 Lame Duck Michigan Legislative Session
The 2018 lame duck legislative session has moved at a record pace. More than 300 bills were introduced since the midterm elections on November 6th. Lame duck sessions are often used by corporate lobbyists and lame duck lawmakers, no longer accountable to their constituents, to push through wildly unpopular legislation in the final days of the year.
Michigan Currents - Fall 2018
In this issue: Letter from the Director: What’s at Stake this November? | The Snyder-Schuette Plan to Keep the Great Lakes at Risk | Vote Environment! | Vote to End Gerrymandering this November! | Know Your Voting Rights
Michigan Currents - Spring | Summer 2018
In this issue: Updating Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule | Pledge to Hold Lawmakers Accountable | The Oil Industry’s Line 5 Plan – An Oil Tunnel through the Heart of the Great Lakes | Grand Haven Beach Cleanup | Water is Life – 2018 Great Lakes Awards Celebration | Public Relations vs. Public Health – White House makes PFAS Political | Michigan needs a strong statewide sanitary code
Michigan Currents - Fall 2017
In this issue: Michigan’s Water Infrastructure — Investing in Our Future; Line 5 Update; Clean Water Members Clean Up Lake St. Clair Metropark; Michigan Septic Systems; Welcome Clean Water Action's New Michigan Director; Another Coal Plant Bites the Dust!
Michigan Currents - Fall 2016
US House Approves $170 million for Flint
In late September, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate voted in favor of $170 million investment in water infrastructure improvements, including replacement of lead service lines, in response to Flint’s water crisis. It has now been longer than a year since Gov. Snyder and the State of Michigan publicly recognized the Flint water crisis, and longer than two years since the city began drawing water from the Flint River without the proper corrosion controls in place to protect residents from lead in the distribution system.
It has not been