House Democrats reintroduced legislation Thursday to expand protections for Michigan’s freshwater supply and close a loophole in state law allowing corporations to bottle Michigan’s water and ship it elsewhere.
Michigan’s coal-fired power plants are annually generating more than 1 million tons of waste that’s laden with lead, mercury and arsenic and poses significant dangers to the health of residents and the state’s groundwater and surface water, the Michigan Environmental Council said in a new report released Tuesday morning.
Senior Policy Advisor at FLOW (For Love of Water) Dave Dempsey asks the State of Michigan to stop neglecting Michigan's groundwater which according to Dempsey is "increasingly under threat."
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