Thursday, December 20, 2018

In rare move, DEQ staff urge veto on weakened cleanup law

In rare move, DEQ staff urge veto on weakened cleanup law

LANSING, MI — Eighty-two staff members at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have taken the highly rare step of publicly opposing lame duck legislation they say would only benefit polluters at the expense of citizens, and which has “no basis in the protection of health and the environment.”

Young's Environmental workers clean up a Wolverine World Wide dumpsite on MDOT property off House Street in Belmont on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Barrels containing tannery waste and animal hides were removed from the property.
Young's Environmental workers clean up a Wolverine World Wide dumpsite on MDOT property off House Street in Belmont on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Barrels containing tannery waste and animal hides were removed from the property. (Neil Blake | MLive)

https://www.mlive.com/news/2018/12/in-rare-move-deq-staff-urge-veto-on-weakened-cleanup-law.html


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