Thursday’s announcement from the White House that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord did not come as a shock to those who kept up with last year’s campaign. In the months leading up the election, candidate Trump made pulling out of the pact—which has been signed by nearly 200 nations—a […]
The Michigan state House voted last week 57 to 50 in favor of a bill (HB-4205) designed to restrict the ability of state agencies to create regulatory rules that are stronger than federal standards. If passed by the state Senate and signed by Governor Snyder, this bill may end up as the most consequential Michigan […]
Back in March, we let you know about potential massive cuts to Great Lakes programs and funding in the 2017 federal budget. The budget proposed by President Trump would have cut funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 100% and shrunk the EPA’s budget by 31%. When the budget was announced, we were in […]
The EPA wants to know what you think about rolling back the regulations that keep our water clean and safe. On February 24, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13777, which established a federal policy “to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens” on the American people. Among other things, this executive order requires the Environmental Protection Agency […]
Last Wednesday, almost 500 concerned citizens turned out for a public hearing on the Nestlé Waters proposal to more than double the amount of water being pumped from their White Pine Springs well in Michigan’s Osceola Township. Among them was a group of 30 water advocates from Flint, Michigan who traveled 150 miles to participate in […]
Yesterday, I let you know that my fellow coworkers were in Washington, D.C. to support restoration programs in the Great Lakes. The Trump Administration was expected to slash the budget to this program by 97%. The 97% cut to Great Lakes restoration programs apparently wasn’t sufficient for the President, whose budget released today zeroes out […]
Republicans, Democrats in Congress key to protecting Great Lakes, clean water programs ANN ARBOR, MICH. (March 9, 2017)—The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition today expressed deep concern with the rumored Trump Administration’s budget cuts that would gut core Great Lakes programs, roll back Clean Water Act protections, and delay federal action to respond to serious […]
The Trump Administration’s proposed budget slashes funding for Great Lakes restoration from $300 million to $10 million. The proposed budget was shared with EPA for review and reported on twitter by journalist Rob Davis. “If true, the level of cuts being discussed would be devastating. Federal Great Lakes restoration investments are producing results across the […]
A draft plan was to be released today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent Asian carp from getting in Lake Michigan but according to the Detroit Free Press has been delayed by the Trump Administration. The plan, which has been in development for more than four-years, studied how to prevent carp from migrating […]
Nestlé Waters North America, Inc. (Nestlé Waters) is proposing to more than double the amount of water they are taking at their White Pine Springs Site in Evart, Michigan — an amount that could damage area wetlands and protected plant and animal species. In 2009, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) ended a ten-year battle […]