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Our new Moms Clean Air Force Organizers Take Off!

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:51am

Tags: clean air, mercury, Michigan, moms clean air force, mothers

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

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PWIR: No Justice for Jean Klock Park

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 1:33pm

Tags: 25 by 25, benishek, jean klock park, PWIR, Renewable Energy Standard

The conservation movement in this country began with the idea that natural areas should be preserved and accessible to the public for outdoor recreation. That idea took a big hit this week in Michigan when the United States Court of Appeals allowed Jean Klock Park in Benton Harbor to be converted into a private golf course, largely depriving citizens of access to the Lake Michigan sand dunes they’ve enjoyed for generations.

In this week’s PWIR:

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Climate Change Storytellers

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:29am

Tags: Andy Hoffman, clean energy, climate change, Lisa Wozniak

It is not often that I take two days out of my regular work/mom schedule, including a Saturday, to sit in a room at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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“Proud to be working in the industry of the future”: State of the Union 2012

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 1:52pm

Tags: Clean Energy Jobs, Obama, RES, State of the Union

Michigan had representation to be proud of during President Obama’s State of the Union on Tuesday night. When the president spoke

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PWIR: Green Light for Green Jobs Petition

Submitted by Drew YoungeDyke on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 2:53pm

Tags: 25 by 25, CAFE standards, PWIR, RES, State of the State, Wolverine

On Friday, the Michigan Board of Canvassers gave the green light to circulate petitions to put the question of Michigan generating 25% of our energy from renewable sources by 2025 on the ballot for this November. You may be thinking, "hooray, yet another board of something approves another thing," but you'd be wrong; this is big news. It is a milestone for the campaign to create tens of thousands of well-paying Michigan jobs. A striking example of what this proposal means to Michigan occurred up north this week when a wind developer called off its plans to build a wind farm.

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In Case You Missed It: Detroit Fuel Efficiency Hearing

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:55pm

Tags: autos, CAFE standards, Clean Energy Jobs, detroit, EPA

Federal officials gathered in Detroit on Tuesday for the first of three national hearings to discuss the new 2017-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. More than 90 groups and individuals -- including automakers, environmentalists, business leaders, and citizens -- testified in the hearing, which lasted longer than seven hours.

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Thousands of Signatures for Thousands of Jobs

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:53pm

Tags: Ballot Initiative, Energy Independence, Jobs, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Standard

On Friday, the Michigan Board of Canvassers gave the official go-ahead to begin circulating petitions for a new ballot initiative that will increase Michigan's renewable energy standard to 25% by 2025. Effectively, this means that 25% of all energy used in Michigan must be derived from renewable sources. The highlights can be found here.

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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

[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.]

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PWIR: 25 by '25!

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:21pm

Tags: Clean Energy Jobs, mercury, PWIR, Renewable Energy Standard

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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What would you do with an extra $240 every year?

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 5:02pm

Tags: autos, CAFE standards, EPA

In a nation where asthma afflicts 1 out of every 10 schoolchildren, wouldn’t we all breathe a little easier if annual carbon pollution was cut by an amount equal to 70 coal plants? That is precisely what the new clean car standards proposed by Obama’s administration aim to do by 2030. In addition to bringing thousands of new jobs to Michigan, these new standards would end up saving the average Michigan household $240 on gas bills every year. That’s $976 million annual savings across the state!

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