Clean Water Action

 Winter 2007 (pdf, 819kb)

Highlights:

• Legislative Agenda to Focus on Four Areas
  When Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Andy Dillon named his committee leadership team,his choices signaled progress for the environment and spoke volumes about Clean Water Action's election work in 2006.
  Clean Water Action is now mobilizing public support for its 2007 Environmental Legislative Agenda:
  1. Great Lakes
  2. Trash Imports and Recycling
  3. Environmental Health
  4. Clean Energy
• Letter from Michigan State Director David Holtz: Loopholes Invite Even More Water Export Threats
  Just one year ago, Michigan passed new laws to keep Michigan's Great Lakes waters in Michigan. Today, unfortunately,the threat from water exports-far from being over-is growing.Loopholes and other weaknesses in these new laws-which we pointed out at the time they were passed-leave Michigan in 2007 facing a "water rush" of up to 20 new proposals to withdraw, bottle and ship our waters.
• Healthy Michigan:Better Living with Chemistry
  For years the makers of the pain reliever Ibuprofen faced an interesting problem: The way Ibuprofen was processed and made produced waste byproduct that was costing the company lots of money. Waste chemicals also polluted the environment Opportunities for Health Care Professionals and endangered public health.
  In 1991,they got smart. They designed a new way to make Ibuprofen that is just as effective,only now with a fraction of the waste. This cutting-edge new way of making chemical products is called green chemistry, and it is catching on with businesses and research facilities all over the world.Perhaps the best news is that Michigan has become a national leader in green chemistry,and Clean Water Action is helping to spearhead a new Healthy Michigan campaign to promote green chemistry.
• Clean Kent County Campaign Targets Sewage
  Many Michigan residents who move from the city to more rural areas unknowingly become part of a worsening sewage problem for our Great Lakes system. Septic systems and other on-site sewage disposal are the method of choice for most rural homes out of the reach of city sewer lines. But tens of thousands of homeowners don't realize that without periodic maintenance and pumping, these systems will fail and leak harmful wastes Michigan's lakes, rivers, streams and drinking water sources.
  Clean Water Fund is working with citizens and offcials on a Clean Kent County campaign to prevent or reduce the sewage threat to groundwater, streams and lakes.
• Volunteer Highlights
  Every two years Clean Water Action volunteers translate their dedication into grassroots electoral power over the phones and at the doors.The work is straightforward; volunteers personally speak with as many Clean Water Action members as possible, so they are able to make informed decisions on Election Day to elect pro-environment candidates.

Past Volumes

Fall 2006 (pdf, 1 MB)

Summer 2006 (1.0 MB)

Winter 2005 (1.5 MB)

Fall 2005 (1.3 MB)

Early Summer 2003 (440 KB)

March - April 2003 (117 KB)

January - February 2003 (252 KB)

Fall 2002 - Elections Issue (117 KB)

Early Summer 2002 (149 KB)

March - April 2002 (61 KB)

January - February 2002 (441 KB)

November - December 2001 (81 KB)

June - July 2001 (140 KB)

February - March 2001 (137 KB)

Special Edition - 2000 Elections (221 KB)

August - September 2000 (55 KB)

March - April 2000 (305 KB)

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