Prosecutor caves to pressure and drops the felony charges. Everyone is now out without bail! [Read original story about their action here] 15 people left the Mineral Rights Auction protest at the Lansing Center yesterday and headed to the office of Stuart […]
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Groups Protest Tar Sands Oil on Spill Anniversary
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On the second anniversary of the costliest onshore oil spill in U.S. history, environmental groups held rallies in several states Wednesday to raise concerns about transporting tar sands oil in underground pipelines. Demonstrators walked along the riverfront […]
Continue readingEnbridge Expansion and Oil Spill Anniversary Protest Today in Lansing
Dozens gathered in the Michigan state capitol today to protest the expansion of the Enbridge oil pipeline that cracked and leaked over 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, Michigan on July 25th, 2010 – “…the costliest inland oil […]
Continue readingProtestors at Michigan’s Fracking Auction
LANSING – An auction of state-owned oil and gas rights on 109,000 acres across lower Michigan, including Oakland County, was briefly disrupted this morning by anti-drilling demonstrators. One protester, who stood up as bids were being taken and began to talk […]
Continue readingFirst Step Towards Fracking in Michigan, DNR Auctions Rights to 109,000 Acres
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timfvNgr_Q4?rel=0&w=560&h=315] Hydraulic Fracturing Comes to Michigan – Auction May 8, 2012 On May 8, 2012, the Michigan DNR will auction mineral and oil rights to 109,000 acres of Michigan public land. This opens public lands to oil and gas drilling and […]
Continue readingEnbridge Oil Spill Whistle-Blower Trial Updates
July 2010, more than a million gallons of tar sands crude spilled into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River. This is the largest inland spill in US History. A fired cleanup worker with a dark past claims he was ordered to cover up oil to […]
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