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PWIR: Great Lakes Horror Stories

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:58am

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, asian carp, Durant, Great Lakes, Hoekstra, PWIR, RES

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A new sulfide mine may be built a mere two miles from Lake Superior, Asian carp are at the threshold of Lake Michigan, and Pete Hoekstra sees no problem with drilling under the Great Lakes. You'd think we were writing on the day following Halloween, not Mother's Day, with this kind of news.

PWIR: Season of Renewables

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 11:34am

Tags: 25 by 25, Great Lakes, PWIR, RES, Traverse City

Spring is a time for renewal; a new season, a new start. The legislature will be starting up again next week, GM is restarting production of the Volt, the trout fishing opener is only a few weeks away, and the Tigers are very much enjoying the spring weather. Let's follow the Tigers' lead and get Spring started with some big wins!

PWIR: Enemies at the Gate

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 1:54pm

Tags: asian carp, Great Lakes, PWIR, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Standard

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Finally! Thanks to the Great Lakes Commission, we finally have a gameplan on how to restore

Snyder on the Environment: Gone in 17 Seconds

Submitted by Ryan Werder on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 4:20pm

Tags: Great Lakes, How Green is Your Govenor, Rick Snyder, State of the State

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[This post was orginially authored by our friends at the West Michigan Environmental Action Council. For more information on WMEAC, please visit www.wmeac.org.]

Year-end PWIR: 2011... By the Numbers

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 2:40pm

Tags: clean energy, elections, fracking, Great Lakes, high speed rail, PWIR, Rick Snyder

PWIR year in review 2011 Michigan LCV

Rick Snyder was inaugurated as Governor. Dozens of new environmental laws were passed (and rarely for the better). High speed rail is making it's way to Michigan. "Fracking" made it's way into most Michiganders' vocabularies. The Great Lakes were protected with a veto and improved with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal investment, and all while under constant threat from the Asian Carp.

PWIR: Mercury Rising

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:20pm

Tags: asian carp, clean energy, coal, Great Lakes, mercury, PWIR, sulfide mining

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That beautiful lake in Northern Michigan you love so much? Don’t eat the fish. Elevated levels of mercury - generally a result of coal plant pollution - were reported this week for the Great Lakes and 150 of Michigan’s most remarkable inland lakes. On a more positive note, though, before the Legislature dashed out of Lansing for the holidays, they finally passed a bill to establish greater coordination fighting invasive species in the Great Lakes.

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