Category: Michigan
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Michigan Groups Rally to Stop Fracking on Public Lands
FOOD & WATER WATCH — “In the absence of state and federal intervention, local communities including elected officials and citizens must take action to protect our natural resources and our well being …
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Tar Sands Disaster: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
ECOWATCH — New reports of tar sands oil-related disasters continue to reinforce that the Keystone XL pipeline is too risky for American families …
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13 Spills in 30 Days
TCKTCKTCK — Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month. Since March 11, the global oil industry has had 13 spills on three continents. In North and South America alone …
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Toxic and Tax Exempt: American Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Tar Sands Oil Spill Cleanup
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — In a January 2011 memorandum, the IRS determined that to generate revenues for the oil spill trust fund, Congress only intended to tax conventional crude, and not tar sands or other unconventional oils. This exemption remains to this day, even though …
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Campaign Kicks Off to Ban Fracking in Michigan
COMMITTEE TO BAN FRACKING IN MICHIGAN — In Michigan we have the constitutional power to write our own laws through a ballot initiative and put them before the voters. Other states threatened by fracking, such as New York and Pennsylvania, do not have this option …