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clean water action supports the michigan energy, michigan jobs initiative
This landmark initiative will require 25% of our energy to come from renewable sources by the year 2025. That means thousands of new Michigan jobs that can’t be outsourced and more than $10 billion in new investment in Michigan. This year we have an opportunity to boost Michigan’s economy by building a clean energy industry and starting new clean energy businesses right here in our state. We can’t afford not to capitalize on this opportunity. Check out our RES Get the Facts page.
- Michigan consumers spend more than $1.8 billion a year importing coal from other states.
- Currently, 60 percent of Michigan’s energy comes from coal and 100% of that coal is imported from other states.
- Michigan can’t afford to be left behind. Only 3.6 % of the energy used in Michigan comes from renewables. 20 other states, including Illinois and Minnesota, have adopted measures similar to this initiative without significant increased costs for consumers. In fact, Iowa already gets 21 percent of its electricity from renewables.
MI 2012 Midterm Legislative Scorecard
the heroes and zeroes in the state house
"Highlights" from the scorecard include:
- 67 Legislators who receieved a failing grade
- 58 Legislators who scored "0"
- House Leadership passed H.R. 136 - a symbolic vote in favor of the recently rejected Keystone XL Pipeline
- The Legislature failed to advance any of the safeguards outlined in our 2011 Water Protection Agenda
Keeping Our Water from Being Fracked
In other states, thousands of environmental contamination incidents from fracking have been reported. A February 7, 2011, spill in Michigan connected to shallow drilling served as a warning signal that we should pause and examine all aspects of natural gas production before it is allowed to proceed.
Our state’s current regulations fail to adequately address the dangers presented by this new fracking process. That’s why we are aksing you to urge your representative to Protect Michigan’s water from fracking.
Cleaning Up Industrial Air Pollution
Join us to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up carbon
pollution from new and existing power plants! This will protect
Americans' health, spur investment in clean energy and unleash American
innovation.
For 40 years the EPA has protected public health, and we need the EPA to
do its job.
Urge the EPA to continue standing up for our health. Help us make sure Michigan citizens are put ahead of polluters.
Built By Michigan
- 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.
Great Lakes, Great Michigan
Michigan's waters are our most prized asset and we must do all we can to ensure they are public resources not private investments for international corporations.
Clean Energy Now
The Clean Energy Now campaign formed in response to the "Coal Rush of 2008," during which eight proposals for new coal-fired power plants were put forward. We have been successful to this point in preventing new construction, but we need to remain vigilant and keep the pressure high on our elected leaders.
Children's Environmental Health
Protecting children from pharmaceutical lindane, working to ban the flame retardant, deca-BDE, working to promote alternatives to PBDEs, flame-retardants that are rapidly accumulating in our bodies and the Great Lakes, have been found to be toxic to animals and may threaten our own health are all part of our Children's Environmental Health Campaign
Protect Michigan's Waters from Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as hydrofracking or simply fracking, is a new method of drilling and extracting natural gas from geologic shale. The process, however, is not without its risks - particularly from contamination to groundwater and drinking water supplies.