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| October 2009 |
Michigan's Clean Energy Legislation: Charging Toward a New Energy Future.
Read this cover story for the Michigan Bar Journal by Chris Bzdok and James Clift. |
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| 10.05.09 |
Water Wars: Advocating for 'public trust'
Read the Record Eagle article featuring Jim Olson. |
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| 09.16.009 |
Court of Appeals Hears Public Access to Lake Michigan Case
Read the Grand Rapids Press Editorial. |
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| 04.01.09 |
Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Anglers of the Au Sable Decision
Merit Energy Cannot Discharge Wastewater to Kolke Creek
Read the Record Eagle article.
Read the Court of Appeals opinion.
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| 11.16.08 |
The movie Flow, featuring Jim Olson, plays nationally to
rave reviews.
Click here for
link to the film's website, including reviews.
Read the Record
Eagle editorial: Listen to Jim Olson, close the water
loophole.
For background on problems with the Great Lakes Compact and
threatened export exception, see:
Olson, Navigating the Great Lakes Compact, Water, Public Trust,
and International Trade Agreements,
2006 Michigan State Law Review 1103 (2007).
Click for the link to Michigan
Citizens for Water Conservation and the public trust campaign.
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| Fall 2008 |
By: Christopher Bzdok, Michael Grant and William Rastetter
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| Fall 2008
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Using Michigan's Environmental Laws to Protect Municipal
Interests
By: Jeffrey L. Jocks
Click for theState Bar of Michigan article.
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| 9.28.08 |
Congress urged to plug hole in the Great Lakes Compact.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
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| 9.27.08 |
Brownfield Authority helps cleanup at Front and Division.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
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| 02.25.08 |
Tribes weigh in on water legislation.
Click for the Associated Press article.
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| 02.02.08 |
Anglers of the Au Sable win again.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
Read the opinion.
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| 12.13.07 |
MCWC testifies to Congress.
Click for the Detroit Free Press article.
Click here for the comments
by Jim Olson on the hearing.
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| 10.17.07 |
National Park Service Rejects Conversion Proposal for Jean
Klock Park.
Click here for the press
release.
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| 10.04.07 |
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation: Forests
with Handrails.
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| 09.21.07 |
Michael H. Dettmer has
become Of Counsel to Olson, Bzdok and Howard.
Click for the press
release.
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| 05.30.07 |
Judge's ruling protects Kolke Creek, headwaters of the Au
Sable.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
Click here
to read the Find the River Blog entry.
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| 01.19.07 |
Acme wins Meijer lawsuit.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
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| 01.09.07 |
Settlement reached in cherry plant case.
Click for the Record Eagle article.
Read the Record Eagle editorial.
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| 12.27.06 |
Judge rejects agreement between State and WRS.
Click here
for the Record Eagle article.
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| 09.19.06 |
State invited to farmer's case against polluter.
Click here
for the Record Eagle article.
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05.11.06
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Whitewater residents join state enforcement case.
Click here
for the Record Eagle article.
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04.18.06
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Neighbors want to join plant lawsuit.
Click here
for the Record Eagle article.
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04.13.06
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Lake Leelanau Narrows case hearing to resume in T-C.
Click here
for the Leelanau Enterprise article.
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02.27.06
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Sourth Dearborn Air pollution case resolved.
Click here to see a
copy of the Settlement Agreement, which the Court has preliminarily
approved.
Click here for information, news,
scientific documents and contact information.
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Related Links:
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MCWC Wins: Judge stops Nestle Water Pumping
Click on the link for the opinion of Michigan Citizens
for Water Conservation v. Nestle Waters in PDFformat
or Text format.
Detroit
Free Press Comment by Jim Olson
Private
Water, Public Interest. A World of Possibilities" by California
producer Chuck Rogers and journalist Mark Sommer, who interviewed
Jim Olson on the principles and policies behind safeguarding
the water commons around the world and here in the Great Lakes.
Michigan Citizens for
Water Conservation
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