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Michigan's Water Wars: Nestle Pumps Millions of Gallons for Free While Flint Pays for Poisoned Water
2016-02-17 17:57:29| Waste Management - Topix.net
As Flint residents are forced to drink, cook with and even bathe in bottled water, while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county for their poisoned water, we turn to a little-known story about the bottled water industry in Michigan. In 2001 and 2002, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality issued permits to NestlA©, the largest water bottling company in the world, to pump up to 400 gallons of water per minute from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan.
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Former chief of Michigan's Dept. of Environmental Quality's Water Unit fired
2016-02-06 08:01:49| Waste Management - Topix.net
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's office has announced the firing of the former head of the Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance unit for the state Department of Environmental Quality . A written release from the governor's office states the person was fired following "a departmental review of circumstances during the time period leading to the Flint water crisis."
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IKEA Plugs-In Addition To Solar Installation At Detroit-Area Store In Canton, MI, Making Michigan's Largest-Rooftop Array 25% Bigger
2016-02-01 06:55:33| pollutiononline Home Page
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in an expanded solar energy array atop its Detroit-area store that opened nine years ago in Canton, MI
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Congressmen Kildee says he's pleased the EPA will review Michigan's drinking water program
2015-11-12 07:14:34| Waste Management - Topix.net
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be watching over the State of Michigan's shoulder to make sure our drinking water is safe. The EPA will audit the State's drinking water safety program after the state Department of Environmental Quality admitted it failed to use the correct protocols when it approved the switch to the Flint River as the primary source of drinking water for Flint.
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Specialty Crop Grant Awards Announced to Boost Michigan's Food and Agriculture Industry
2015-10-16 02:17:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
LANSING, Mich . Michigan has received $1.9 million in federal dollars to create, enhance, or expand specialty crop agriculture development ventures across the state.
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