Although Michigan's lakes, rivers and streams still have some protections against damaging water exports, court decisions trigged by lawsuits from international water companies have eroded our rights to control what happens to our groundwater, the lifeblood of the entire Great Lakes system.

That's why Clean Water Fund is working to put stronger water rights protections into Michigan's water laws. It's the only way we can protect the water underneath us in the same way we protect our lakes, rivers and streams.

Electric cars are the future of the automobile industry and a key to innovation and leadership in technology and manufacturing in the 21st Century. Our state pioneered the auto industry and now we are at the vanguard of its future.

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Diesel engines are the workhorses of our economy, found in everything from ships and trains to school and city buses, construction and agricultural vehicles, long-haul trucks and many other vehicles that keep our economy humming. However, the black exhaust that pours out of diesel vehicles is a silent killer, contributing to 21,000 early deaths in the United States each year.

Hydraulic fracturing, also known as hydrofracking or simply fracking, is a new method of drilling and extracting natural gas from geologic shale. The process, however, is not without its risks - particularly from contamination to groundwater and drinking water supplies.

Protecting children from pharmaceutical lindane, working to ban the flame retardant, deca-BDE, working to promote alternatives to PBDEs, flame-retardants that are rapidly accumulating in our bodies and the Great Lakes, have been found to be toxic to animals and may threaten our own health are all part of our Children's Environmental Health Campaign.

The Clean Energy Now campaign formed in response to the "Coal Rush of 2008," during which eight proposals for new coal-fired power plants were put forward. We have been successful to this point in preventing new construction, but we need to remain vigilant and keep the pressure high on our elected leaders. 

Michigan's waters are our most prized asset and we must do all we can to ensure they are public resources not private investments for international corporations.

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Clean Water Fund participates in numerous workplace charity campaigns throughout the country, including the Combined Federal Campaign (#10636), state employee campaigns and several corporate campaigns. See below for a list of our workplace partners and links to their web sites where you can find out more about how to get involved.

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