Daniel Brown 12/05/2024 Climate change Injecting Captured Carbon Under Michigan Must Be Done Carefully The Michigan legislature is considering a package of bills (SB 1131, 1132, and 1133) that would make it easier for… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 10/24/2024 Legislation A Policy Win for Rivers Lake levels that protect public safety and the health of lake and river ecosystems On July 23, 2024, Senate Bill… Read More »
Ric Lawson 09/06/2024 Water Quality What’s the Deal with Septic Systems? Wastewater, or the used or flushed water from our homes, requires treatment to keep us safe from illness and disease… Read More »
Andrea Paine 06/17/2024 Local Government Empowering Municipalities to Fund Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements According to the newly released watershed report card, the Huron River gets a “D” for flooding. This watershed indicator assesses… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/19/2024 Pollution Increasing Waste Disposal Tipping Fees Would Be Good For Michigan’s Environment Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proposed to increase waste disposal tipping fees. Tipping fees are basically a surcharge for managing solid… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/16/2024 Water Quality Huron River Report Card The grades are in. The Huron takes home a C+. Today the University of Maryland released a series of report… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 02/20/2024 Legislation We should make decisions about river flows using natural variations On February 6, 2024, I provided testimony to the Michigan State Senate Committee on Local Governments urging the committee to… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/28/2023 Climate change Grateful for Climate Action in Michigan I was up north with my three young children when the Canadian wildfires sent us all inside under the threat… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/15/2023 Pollution Why Michigan farmers need strong polluter pay laws PFAS contamination shuts down 100-year-old Grostic Farms Jason Grostic, a farmer in Livingston County, was trying to do everything right…. Read More »
David Lossing 11/03/2023 Legislation Clean Energy Future Bills Pass Michigan House Breaking News. Climate, climate, climate. Change is finally coming! Late last night (November 2, 2023) the Michigan House of Representatives… Read More »
David Lossing 10/26/2023 Pollution Polluter Pay Bills Need Your Support On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, State Senator Jeff Irwin, State Representative Jason Morgan, State Senator Sue Shink, and five other… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/12/2023 Pollution Weak polluter accountability laws fail to protect Michigan Michigan’s weak laws on pollution keep regulators from protecting public health from toxic PFAS chemicals. In the early and mid-1990s,… Read More »