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Built By Michigan: Creating Jobs in the Electric Vehicle Industry
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.
Obama in Michigan - Groups rally in support of Clean Energy and Jobs
Obama in Michigan
Groups rally for Michigan’s future
Warren, MI- Groups from across Michigan gathered at Macomb Community College today carrying signs reading “Support Michigan’s future – Support Clean Energy” and “Obama supporters want Climate Solutions” to show their broad support for the continued growth of a new energy economy.
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07/14/2009 - 03:00
Built By Michigan | May 2013 Newsletter
Still time to stop the EV tax; and new report links renewable energy to EV performance
Last year, we started hearing rumblings that some legislators, both in Michigan and in other states, were talking about targeting electric vehicles and hybrids for an extra tax. From what we heard, their rationale was that because these vehicles use less gasoline, they generate less gas-tax revenues for the state, so their owners were getting a “free ride,” not contributing their fair share to highway maintenance.
Nic Clark: State, region have duty to protect water
Michigan Clean Water Action was invited to participate in the 20th annual Adopt a River cleanup day. Seeing residents come together as a community to clean up our Grand River is truly an inspiring event. However, the promise of “Pure Michigan” means Michigan and the residents of Lansing must do more to protect our invaluable water.
Water not only literally defines our state, it is key to our economy and to our Great Lakes way of life. Lansing and the state of Michigan can be leaders in preserving our rivers, lakes and streams by updating our stormwater systems through implementing green infrastructure design that focuses on capturing water where it falls.
Clean Energy Advocates Call on DTE to Increase Transparency, Disclose Campaign Contributions
CEN members are calling on DTE to prioritize public health over corporate profits, come clean with ratepayers and shareholders about campaign donations
LANSING – Clean energy advocates held a telepresser on Tuesday, May 7, and called on DTE to disclose campaign contributions. DTE owes it to their ratepayers and shareholders to come clean about the political agenda their company is funding. Members of the Clean Energy Now coalition (CEN) are encouraging DTE to make an investment in Michigan by utilizing energy efficiency and renewable energy like wind and solar to clean up Michigan’s natural resources and protect public health.
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05/07/2013 - 14:44
Clean Energy Advocates Call on DTE to be Accountable to Michigan Shareholders & Ratepayers
Michigan shareholders and ratepayers hold press conference outside DTE Headquarters to represent Southeast Michigan’s missing voices from DTE shareholder meeting in NYC
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05/02/2013 - 13:28
Schuette supports weakening clean air regulations
Six years after landmark clean air ruling, A.G. balks
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is once again standing on the wrong side of clean air for our communities.
Schuette recently joined 11 other states petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon pollution.
April marks the sixth anniversary of the court ruling in Massachusetts V. EPA.
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04/26/2013 - 15:52
Climate Expert Peter Sinclair Explains How Warming Boosts Snowfall, Droughts, Extreme Weather
Colorful presentation reviews climate history, current severe conditions, clean energy solutions
LANSING – Dozens of Lansing residents attended a program hosted by Clean Energy Now (CEN), Lansing Can Do Better, and other groups that explained why global warming triggers a wide variety of severe weather events--from major, late-spring snow storms, to searing drought, to torrential downpours and widespread flooding.
The presentation at the First Presbyterian Church in Lansing was lead by Peter Sinclair, an environmental activist and video producer well-known and widely respected by researchers for for his popular online feature, “Climate Crock of the Week.”
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04/26/2013 - 15:41
Thousands of Renewable Energy Petition Signatures Delivered to Traverse City Forum
Across state, residents join effort to transform Michigan into a renewable energy and energy efficiency powerhouse
TRAVERSE CITY – Clean energy advocates delivered comments and petitions with more than five thousand signatures to Governor Rick Snyder’s final energy forum, held in Traverse City today. The petitions call on Michigan’s leaders to move forward more rapidly with clean energy and energy efficiency.
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04/22/2013 - 15:13
