Release of Dioxin Study Would Help Michigan’s Saginaw Bay Watershed
The latest dioxin study is to be expedited for release by our new EPA. Dioxin is a carcinogen that affects our endocrine system, (hormone releasing glands), and immune system. EPA studies since the...
View ArticleMichigan May Relinquish Control of Wetlands to Federal Authority
Michigan is so economically strapped that the governor is considering giving control of our wetlands to the feds, or Army Corps of Engineers. According to an article on the ENS website, “the Michigan...
View ArticleSwine Flu; It’s About Time Smithfield Foods Got a Look See
I am sooooo happy Smithfield Foods is in the limelight over the swine flu even it didn’t originate at any Smithfield locations. This is the filthiest, most evil business I’ve encountered. I posted a...
View ArticleMore Contamination from Agricultural Community Kills Thousands of Fish in...
According to an article on MLive, just two days ago state officials reported, “Tens of thousands of fish have been killed in the Black River in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, possibly because of an...
View ArticleMichigan Plagued by Manure in Streams Before
When I found the latest “manure-in-water-kills-fish” article on MLive, I also found an article about the recovery of Tyler Creek in Kent County. It seems three years ago in 2006 “a massive slug of...
View ArticleFreshwater Fish Full of Mercury
A new U.S. Geological Study “found mercury in every freshwater fish from nearly 300 streams that were tested, an astonishing result because mercury has usually been associated with large saltwater...
View ArticleClean Water Under Attack; Unprotected Drinking Water for a Third of the U.S.
That’s right, 117,000,000 people draw tap water from sources unprotected by the Clean Water Act according to a recent NY Times article. The problem that leaves millions out of the loop of regulations...
View ArticleMarathon Oil Refinery Expansion; What This Really Means for Michigan
The Marathon Oil Refinery Expansion is providing jobs for local construction crews. We think expansion of a dirty refinery is bad on the one hand but it’s already blight on the landscape going into...
View Article840,000 Gallons of Oil Leaks from Pipeline into Kalamazoo River
Watch the video from Wood TV: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/Oil-leak-closes-Calhoun-Co-roads. According to Huffington Post, “A state of emergency has been declared in...
View ArticleOne Million Gallons of Oil in Kalamazoo River; Enbridge Oil Noted for Safety...
A new estimate about the oil leak in the Kalamazoo River sets the spill at a million gallons, the worst in Midwest history. According to wkrg.com: The EPA says it believes more than a million gallons...
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