June 9,2020 Structural racism is woven through the fabric of the most basic of human needs. While George Floyd was denied air to breathe, thousands of people, the vast majority of color, have been denied clean water, for months and years as in Flint. While industry pumps and seizes massive amounts of the water in…
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Release: MCWC Filed Complaint with Attorney General to stop Nestle’s damage to Ecosystem in Osceola County
July 12, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Complaint Filed with Attorney General to stop Nestle’s damage to Ecosystem in Osceola County Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) has just sent a formal complaint by registered letter to the Attorney General of Michigan seeking an investigation into the environmental destruction we have documented in the Muskegon River…
MCWC Complaint Letter to MI AG Nessel
Dana Nessel Michigan Attorney General G. Mennon Williams Building 526 W. Ottawa P.O. Box 30212 Lansing, Mi 48909 Dear Ms Nessel, We are submitting the following formal complaint to your office on behalf of Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) and its many members. This has nothing to do with our contested Case challenging the…
Gov. Whitmer Extends Water Reconnection Order Through 2020, Announces Historic Investment in Water Assistance for Michigan Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2020 Contact: press@michigan.gov Governor Whitmer Extends Water Reconnection Order Through 2020, Announces Historic Investment in Water Assistance for Michigan Families Governor outlines priorities to move Michigan toward water affordability, calls on federal government to provide additional water assistance LANSING, Mich. — Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer took…
Action Needed to Stop Nestle’s Water Grab
Action Alert – May 18 MCWC and the Grand Traverse Band have taken exception to the proposal for decision issued by Judge Pulter in the EGLE Administrative Law court on April 24. Now we need the administration of Gretchen Whitmer to take this issue seriously as they promised to do before the election. Nestle’s water…
Exceptions filed by MCWC to Judge’s Proposal for Decision in Nestle Case
Exceptions filed by Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation to Judge’s Proposal for Decision in Nestle Case May 15, 2020 Rarely does a ruling by an Administrative Law Judge overturn a permit issued by a state agency. In the contested Case Hearing on the Nestle permit for PW-101, MCWC and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa…
MCWC News Release on Nestle Challenge
News Release on Nestle Challenge by Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation April 27, 2020 The April 24 ruling by Administrative Law Judge Daniel L. Pulter issued on behalf of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (formerly MDEQ) upheld the permit issued to Nestle Corporation by the MDEQ to pump water from the White…
Household Instructions for Water Restorations
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Action Alert: Health Emergency magnified by water shut-offs
Action Alert to MCWC Supporters In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic health officials mandate that we wash our hands often and practice other sanitation protocols. Water is essential to such a response and currently there are roughly 10,000 households in Detroit without running water. Many have been shut off for years, which means even…
Michigan Court of Appeals Reverses Circuit Court Decision favoring Nestle and Upholds Township Zoning Ordinance that Denies Nestle Booster Station
Press Release: December 3, 2019Osceola Township, Evart Michigan Michigan Court of Appeals Reverses Circuit Court Decision favoring Nestle and Upholds Township Zoning Ordinance that Denies Nestle Booster Station. Today the citizens of Osceola township in Evart, Michigan finally received their just reward for several years of legal battle to enforce their own zoning ordinance in…