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Our new Moms Clean Air Force Organizers Take Off!

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Forty years ago President Richard Nixon signed into law the federal Clean Air Act. This was at a time when environmentalism was emerging into a movement and a Republican president could take the lead

PWIR: 25 by '25!

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The job opportunity of the decade for Michigan is unveiled! With a proposed amendment to the state's constitution announced this week --- to generate 25% of our energy from renewable sources by 2025 --- Michigan can finally catch up to other Great Lakes states that are currently creating the manufacturing jobs we should be creating.

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Mercury Falling?

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In December 2011, the EPA released the nation’s first toxic metal emissions standards. These changes require power plants to reduce emissions of mercury, arsenic, and cadmium.

PWIR: Mercury Rising

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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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