Reports & Media Releases

Flow challenges EPA approval of Michigan potash underground injection permits, citing threats to drinking water

June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 Traverse City, Mich. – Flow Water Advocates today announced the filing of a Petition for Review (PDF) with the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), challenging the recent approval and modification of six Underground Injection Control (UIC) permits for Michigan Potash Operating, LLC. Representing Michigan Citizens for Water… Read more »

FLOW proposes new water trust legislation for Michigan

April 22, 2025

A coalition of water advocates have developed model legislation to protect water quality, advance water equity, ensure that the waters of the State remain a public resource, and provide communities and water utilities with a steady source of funding to address water affordability and infrastructure needs. The key provisions of the legislation address long-standing, increasingly… Read more »

FLOW Appeals Line 5 Tunnel Permit Decision to Michigan Supreme Court

April 2, 2025

For Love of Water (FLOW), a leading Great Lakes water protection organization, along with four Michigan Tribes and other environmental advocates, have filed an Application for Leave to Appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court, challenging a decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) and a subsequent ruling by the Court of Appeals regarding Enbridge… Read more »

PFAS Resources: Download this PFAS fact sheet and protect yourself from exposure

March 14, 2025

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of human-made chemicals found in everything from nonstick cookware to drinking water, and they pose serious health risks. These “forever chemicals” do not break down in the environment or the human body, leading to long-term exposure that has been linked to cancer, immune system suppression, hormonal disruption,… Read more »

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Line 5 Tunnel Permit

February 20, 2025

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Line 5 Tunnel Permit; FLOW Asserts Michigan’s Public Trust Responsibilities   Traverse City, Mich.— For Love of Water (FLOW) participated in consolidated appeals challenging a Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) order conditionally approving Enbridge Energy’s application to replace the segment of its Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac,… Read more »

FLOW, GLBN, and Sierra Club file joint amici brief in Nessel v. Enbridge lawsuit

December 5, 2024

FLOW, Great Lakes Business Network, and Sierra Club File Joint Amici Brief in Nessel v. Enbridge Lawsuit, Dismantling Enbridge’s Allegations and Defending State Sovereignty   Contact: Carrie La Seur, FLOW Legal Director carrie@flowforwater.org (231) 944-1568 Traverse City, Mich. – On December 2, 2024, For Love of Water (FLOW), Great Lakes Business Network (GLBN), and Sierra… Read more »

FLOW and allies secure Public Health Assessment of BASF, Inc. toxic discharges in Wyandotte, Michigan

December 5, 2024

Contact: Carrie La Seur, FLOW Legal Director carrie@flowforwater.org (231) 944-1568 Traverse City, Mich.— The nonprofit law and policy center For Love of Water (FLOW) and its allies Detroit Riverkeeper, Friends of the Detroit River, the Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, have successfully petitioned for a Public Health Assessment for… Read more »