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A Bad Week for Democracy in Michigan
You probably won't hear about it much in the news, given recent events in the national political arena, but two very bad regulatory decisions were made here in Michigan this week that ought to alarm you. Both of them could significantly weaken local authority—like...
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
We’re back! We’ve got a spiffy new look, a new mission (details below), and starting right now in this very sentence I’m even dropping, for good, the rhetorical first person plural. Yep, things have changed during the eighteen or so months this blog has been dormant....
Enbridge Community Meetings
As many of you know, postcards from Enbridge have been arriving in the mail this week announcing a "Community Meeting." In fact, Enbridge is (has been) holding a number of these meetings around the region this spring (details below). Understandably, this has people...
More on the Marshall Spill “Settlement”
As we reported last week, the Department of Justice and Enbridge have reached finally reached a settlement in the Marshall spill. For reasons we described in our post, we don't think the settlement is at all satisfactory. And we're not alone. In an excellent Smart Pig...
Enbridge Ruins Lives, Gets Rewarded
We're back from our period of dormancy to mark the sixth anniversary of the Marshall spill. (Yes, despite what Enbridge says, today is the anniversary!). By now you have probably heard the news: last week the Department of Justice, at long last, has announced...
Breaking: DOJ Announcement Today
After six long years of negotiations—yes, we said negotiations!–the Department of Justice will announce fines against Enbridge for the Marshall spill. The news is almost certain to be infuriated. We'll have more to say after the announcement and the Enbridge p.r....
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