Mitch McNeil
Chicago chapter makes Hill Day impact

The annual HILL DAY Capitol briefing sessions (virtual this year, of course) took place on 3.11.21, and the Chicago chapter, represented by MITCH MCNEIL and JUDITH MILLER, spent a busy and productive day with staff of Illinois congressmen and congresswomen.

Chicago chapter makes Hill Day impact
Mitch McNeil
UPDATE: DOJ restores practice of utilizing ...

Surfrider Foundation has joined a lawsuit challenging a DOJ policy reversal that prohibits the federal government from including SEP’s among its suite of relief in lawsuit settlements with environmental violators.

UPDATE: DOJ restores practice of utilizing SEP's to lawsuit settlements
Mitch McNeil
Gov Whitmer revokes 1953 easement for Line 5

“After spending more than 15 months reviewing Enbridge’s record over the last 67 years, it is abundantly clear that today’s action is necessary. Enbridge’s historic failures and current non-compliance present too great a risk to our Great Lakes and the people who depend upon them,”

Gov Whitmer revokes 1953 easement for Line 5
Mitch McNeil
Our Legal Action Against US STEEL: Where It ...

U.S. Steel Corporation discharged at least 346 pounds of hexavalent chromium into Lake Michigan. This massive spill led to serious concerns about human health and safety, the closure of the Indiana American Water public drinking water intake, and the closure of four public beaches (including what is now the Indiana Dunes National Park). This spill was not an isolated event, but rather a dramatic consequence of the persistent pattern of U.S. Steel’s disregard for the Clean Water Act.

Our Legal Action Against US STEEL: Where It Stands Almost 3 Years Later
Mitch McNeil
Surfrider asks judge to withhold approval of US ...

2019 served as a test year — "a test year full of failures," attorneys for Surfrider Foundation wrote. The Portage plant has continued to report wastewater violations since the consent decree was lodged in spring 2018

Surfrider asks judge to withhold approval of US Steel settlement

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Maui was the first county in Hawaii to ban single-use plastic bags in 2008, and the law went into effect in Jan. 2011 (Read More). Surfrider's Maui Chapter supported the bill and was part of the coalition to help pass it into law (Read More). Surfrider activist Pasha Reshikov created a powerful short film MANA KAI that explores the relationship of humans and the ocean, while showcasing plastic pollution effects on the island.