Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must lay out a bold vision to protect our waters, clean up toxic groundwater, keep water services from being privatized and put the onus on chemical companies to show they can operate safely.
Michigan climate change
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Report aims to prepare Great Lakes states for effects of climate change
Climate change is already affecting the Great Lakes. One group is urging Michigan, other Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces to coordinate efforts to make the Great Lakes basin more resilient to those changes.
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With growing backlash to wind energy, Michigan turns to solar power
Michigan wants to increase renewable energy. Will solar parks spread across hundreds of acres meet less resistance than wind turbines taller than the Washington Monument?
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Armed with flea meds, Michigan defends hemlock trees against deadly invader
With winter surveys and summer insecticide treatment, Michigan aims to avoid the fate of Eastern states, which lost hemlocks to pests native to Japan. But warming winters are making it harder to stand our ground.
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Michigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.
Blame the Great Lakes and climate change for Michigan’s dreary winters. And it appears to be getting worse as rising temperatures diminish ice cover on the lakes, allowing more moisture to rise in the atmosphere.
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Michigan Democrats aiming to erase business friendly environmental laws
From polluter pay laws to plastic bag bans, Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates hope to reverse Republican-passed laws and revisit Democratic issues that faltered in the Republican-led Legislature.
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Palisades nuclear plant owners will try again to reopen Michigan plant
Holtec International announced Monday that it will make a second attempt to win a federal bailout to reopen the shuttered nuclear plant on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Democrats eye renewable energy reform. A mid-Michigan county may be a model
After 40 years, Democrats assume complete control of Lansing in January and say they want to tackle climate policy. The experience of accepting wind and solar farms in Gratiot County could be a model for the state.
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Highland Park looks to energy independence as outages plague residents
Frequent power outages and high bills have led Highland Park residents to seek options beyond DTE. Advocates say the city can create an independent grid, leaving it to control its energy distribution.
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Democratic control of Michigan puts climate change action on 2023 agenda
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has made climate action a priority for the coming legislative session. From renewable energy standards to EV regulations, here are several items that could be on the table.