Reports & Media Releases

PR: Citizens Respond to Attorney General Schuette: Get Off the Sidelines on Line 5 and Protect Great Lakes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Media Contacts: Leonard Page 231-268-8430/ leonard@thepages.net David Holtz 313-300-4454/david@davidholtz.org   Citizens Respond to Attorney General Schuette: Get Off the Sidelines on Line 5 and Protect Great Lakes Responding today to a letter from Attorney General Bill Schuette, citizens groups from across the state told state officials that their… Read more »

PR: State of Michigan Takes a “Holiday” from Preventing Line 5 Oil Spill Disaster in Great Lakes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                         March 9, 2017 Contact:  Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director                                               Email: Liz@FLOWforWater.org FLOW (For Love of Water)                            … Read more »

PR: In Wake of New Pipeline Concerns, Groups Call On Snyder, Schuette to Begin Shutting Down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 20, 2017 Media Contact:  David Holtz 313-300-4454/david@davidholtz.org   In Wake of New Pipeline Concerns, Groups Call On Snyder, Schuette to Begin Shutting Down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette must require Enbridge to shut off the flow of oil through Line… Read more »

PR: Congressman Dan Kildee Introduces Legislation to Protect the Great Lakes, Michigan’s Sport Fishing Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 9, 2017 Contact: Mitchell Rivard, 989-450-2534, Mitchell.Rivard@mail.house.gov   Congressman Dan Kildee Introduces Legislation to Protect the Great Lakes, Michigan’s Sport Fishing Industry Kildee Seeks to Address For-Profit Fish Farming that Poses New Threats to Michigan’s Waterways, including the Au Sable River   FENTON – Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), flanked by… Read more »

FLOW Releases New Fact Sheets Regarding Line 5

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                               February 6, 2017 Contact:  Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director                                        Email: Liz@FLOWforWater.org FLOW (For Love of Water)                                             Office: (231) 944-1568, Cell: (570) 872-4956   Research Identifies Viable Options to Enbridge’s Aging “Line 5” for U.P.’s Propane Supply and Michigan, Midwest Demand for Oil Developing and Implementing Alternatives… Read more »

Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Toolkit

Dear friends, The Blue Planet Project, FLOW (For Love of Water), the Canadian Union of Pubic Employees, KruHa Indonesia, la Red Vida and the National Coalition on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation are pleased to launch the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation toolkit in advance of International Human Rights Day on December… Read more »

Michigan’s Growing Threat: Fish Farming in the Great Lakes & Tributaries

Michigan sits at the center of a debate over whether to open its Great Lakes waters to commercial aquaculture or fish farming. The practice involves packing thousands of fish into near-shore cages or mesh net-pens that rise above the surface, are anchored to the bottom, and accessed via pier or boat. The fish are fattened… Read more »