Click here to read the article on Michigan Corps’ site For more about Michigan Corps, click here to visit their site. By Jason Aoraha Jim Olson has been practicing environmental law for forty years. In recent years, the Northern Michigander began asking himself how he could bring a group of concerned citizens together to protect… Read more »
By Guest Blogger Maude Barlow, National Chairperson for the Council of the Canadians and longtime partner of FLOW. Read the original post here. The world is running out of accessible clean water. Modern humans are polluting, mismanaging and displacing our finite freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Since 1990, half the rivers in China have… Read more »
Read the full article in the Allegan County News here By Kayla Deneau, Staff Writer The Gun Plain Township board and the planning commission had a joint informational meeting Wednesday, July 17, to discuss horizontal hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, with residents. For the Love Of Water representatives were at the meeting to give… Read more »
Up Front Friday: A conversation focused on local events in the Grand Traverse region. Hosted and produced by Amy Reynolds of Horizon Books in Traverse City, MI. Featuring FLOW Executive Director Liz Kirkwood.
Read the article on the Allegan County News here. By Daniel Pepper, Interim Editor Monday, July 15, 2013 10:38 AM EDT Gun Plain Township invites all interested citizens to attend a discussion of the issues surrounding fracking. The process of releasing natural gas trapped in rock deep beneath the earth, more properly known as hydraulic… Read more »
Read the article on the Toledo Blade here By Tom Henry, Blade Staff Writer Climate change and population growth are making the Great Lakes region’s role as a global food producer more important as water shortages become more severe in other parts of the world. But even though some agribusinesses within this water-blessed region have… Read more »
Many thanks to Susan McQuaid, producer, and the Up North Media Center.
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PRESS RELEASE For immediate publication Thousands demand Lone Pine drop its NAFTA lawsuit against Québec’s fracking moratorium (Ottawa, May 31, 2013) – Two weeks after the launch of a public petition, organizers have received over 3,000 signatures demanding that energy company Lone Pine Resources drop its $250 million NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) lawsuit against Canada… Read more »
Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director of For Love of Water (FLOW), discusses the mission of FLOW to advance the public trust doctrine: the basic fundamental notion that public resources, such as water, belong to and are shared by the public. Press play to listen: Click here to check out this and other “Watershed Moment” segments from… Read more »
