Over the past several days, in the wake of the announcement that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had launched a formal investigation into the Flint water crisis, we’re finally starting to see the issue get the attention that it deserves nationally. It was not only a subject of discussion on Meet the Press this morning, where […]
Tag Archives: fresh water
Demands for accountability grow as news of Flint water crisis goes national
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, corrosion, Flint, Flint water crisis, lead, Lee Anne Walters, MEDQ, Michael Moore, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, public health, Rick Snyder, water 53 Comments
Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour into Lake Michigan
It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the largest oil spill in recorded history, but in Lake Michigan, the largest repository of fresh water on the […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged BP, British Petroleum, Corporate Crime, crude oil, Deepwater Horizon, drinking water, Great Lakes, gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Michigan, oil, pollution, tar sands, Whiting, Whiting refinery 10 Comments
Blogbaby episode three: Kristin Schrader
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend Kristin.] Little Arlo, you are a delicious little person and an eight pound bundle of potential. I don’t want […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other Also tagged Arlo, Blogbaby, China, commons, conservation, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Europe, excise taxes, Fish and Wildlife Service, fishing licenses, Great Lakes, habitat preservation, hunting, hunting licenses, John Dingell, Kristin Schrader, natural resources, North American Model of Conservation, restoring wetlands, royalty, watersheds, wetlands, wildlife 9 Comments