image link from The Current “It’s the Climate, Stupid” by Jeffrey Insko excerpt: The problem with the focus on a charismatic spill, however, is that it can overshadow disasters that are less visible, that unfold more slowly, and aren’t confined to a single compelling site. Biodiversity loss, species extinction, and climate change — these calamities…
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The Current: When a Corporation Decides States Can’t Protect Their Own Waters
Attorney General Nessel Speaks Before March 2024 Sixth Circuit Court Hearing PHOTO: Bill Latka The Line 5 case Enbridge doesn’t want Michigan courts to hear. David Holtz Jan 27, 2026 If you care about whether your state can protect its own natural resources, please read THIS article. It is important.
“Empty Chairs, Dangerous Signals” repost from The Current Substack
Wetlands under threat of a Line 5 pipeline or tunnel disaster (Photo: Bill Latka) For the first time since 2006, federal pipeline safety regulators failed to show up where it really matters —at the annual Pipeline Safety Trust conference taking place today and tomorrow in New Orleans. This unprecedented absence speaks volumes about priorities…
Oil & Water Don’t Mix — Help Stop Enbridge from building a pipeline under the Great Lakes
I’ve had this blog since 2017 and have been blogging regularly since 2018. Those who read the blog know I don’t do product promotions or ask for readers to donate as a practice. But please, read about this advocacy group and about Indigenous Water Protectors in this newsletter I just received and if nothing else,…
dVerse — MTB — The Lorax* Reboot
We stand, singly or in groups, quiet but for when wind stirs us; ask nothing but that you breathe. We give shade to all but clouds, sip from aquifers and riverbeds, dialogue with fungi mat friends. We offer shelter to the feathered, furred, clawed, mirror-ball-eyed insects, reptiles; to share space. Let me repeat, we ask…
Decommission Line 5, the GIANT OIL PIPELINE that travels under The Great Lakes from Canada to the U.S.
Oil & Water Don’t Mix is an activist group doing their best to shut down Line 5. Learn more about the issue and how you can help here.
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