Michigan

Proposed Line 5 Tunnel: Submitted Comment to The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

September 9, 2022 | By Erik McCleary

"My name is Erik McCleary, I’m the Southeast Michigan Program Organizer for Clean Water Action. We represent over 135,000 Michigan residents who value our Great Lakes and don’t want to see them continue to be put at risk for an oil company’s profits."

Erik McCleary testifying at USACE hearing wearing No Line 5 Oil Tunnel shirt.

Remembering The Kalamazoo

July 26, 2022 | By Jennifer Schlicht and Sean McBrearty

On July 25th 2010, a oil pipeline burst in Marshall, Michigan. 17 hours later and over 1.1 million gallons later, someone noticed.

Clean Water 50 Stories: Senator Jeff Irwin

May 23, 2022 | By Jennifer Schlicht and Clean Water Action Michigan

We’re sharing our history and journey with the people who have joined us along the way as we worked to protect clean water through #CleanWater50Stories. Meet Michigan Senator Jeff Irwin, a long time champion on protecting the health of Michigan's water, environment, and communities.

Clean Water 50 Stories: Senator Jeff Irwin quote. "We absolutely need groups like Clean Water..."

Clean Water 50 Stories: Audrey Gerard

April 5, 2022 | By Jennifer Schlicht and Clean Water Action Michigan

For our #CleanWater50 Stories series, Audrey Gerard shares her memories and thoughts on her time working at our Ann Arbor, MI office - the beginning of her career as an activist and advocate - and the lasting impacts and lessons learned.

Keep Michigan's Water Public

Michigan’s water belongs to all of us. Now is the time to protect our water and ensure it remains a public resource by reversing the water-bottling loophole in the Great Lakes Compact and extending public trust protections in statute to include groundwater.

Hands making heart symbol in front of Lake Michigan

Warnings "Do Not Eat The Fish" due to PFAS in multiple languages

Michigan's New PFAS Standards- A Step in the Right Direction

August 25, 2020 | By Sean McBrearty

In states across the country, Clean Water Action is tackling the PFAS pollution problem. PFAS (per- and polyflyoroalkyl substances) is known as the "forever chemical" because it persists in the environment and in our bodies. It is associated with a range of health harms from cancers to liver