Category: Michigan
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills Advance Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda in 2013
ALEC bills in recent years have pulled states out of regional climate initiatives, opposed carbon dioxide emission standards, created hurdles for state agencies attempting to regulate pollution and tried to stop …
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Taking a Stand Against Tar Sands for Three Year Anniversary of Kalamazoo Spill
Today marks the three year anniversary of when Enbridge’s tar sands pipeline spilled more than a million gallons of bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. This incident stands as America’s longest-running and most expensive oil cleanup …
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Encana Ignores High Fire Risk as Fracked Gas Flares in Michigan State Forest
Fire Department officials state they had not been informed prior to flaring by Encana, nor have they received any specialized training in connection with …
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12 Arrested at Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Site in Michigan
Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands (MI-CATS) took direct action near Stockbridge, MI, yesterday, to halt construction of the Tar Sands pipeline 6B expansion project of Canadian corporation Enbridge …
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The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC
The same law that contributed to George Zimmerman walking free out of a Florida courtroom last weekend after taking the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was primarily written by the same super lobbying group behind legislation protecting natural gas …