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There are nearly 70,000 miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, zigzagging across our state. Water is Michigan’s most valuable resource. Michigan is home to more than 11,000 inland […]

LANSING – Earlier today, State Representative Julie Plawecki (D­-Dearborn Heights) and State Representative Gretchen Driskell (D-­Saline) introduced bills 5732 and 5733, which would create a statewide septic code and provide […]

WASHINGTON D.C. – Environmental and conservation groups throughout the Great Lakes region were encouraged by targets for combating Lake Erie algal blooms that were released by US EPA and Environment […]

ANN ARBOR – Conservation groups are calling on Gov. Rick Snyder to take more aggressive action to combat harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, following the recent release of the […]

ANN ARBOR — The National Wildlife Federation and Michigan League of Conservation Voters today urged the state of Michigan to bolster its plan to protect Lake Erie from harmful algal […]

LANSING — Michigan Agri­Business Association (MABA) president Jim Byrum and Michigan League of Conservation Voters (LCV) deputy director Jack Schmitt issued the following joint statement today, responding to forecasts showing […]

LANSING – Lisa Wozniak, executive director of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, issued the following statement regarding the “Sustaining Michigan’s Water Heritage” report released today by Governor Rick Snyder: […]

The US was on track to join the fight against global climate change by reducing pollution from our outdated coal-fired power plants and transition toward clean, renewable energy.

That was until February of this year.

You have a right to know about oil and gas pipelines running under the Great Lakes and through your own backyard. But earlier this year a bill known as the Pipeline Secrecy Bill (House Bill 4540) was poised to take away your access to critical safety information about pipelines in your community and across the state.

For a decade, our country has made Great Lakes restoration a national priority. Through Congressional and Presidential action, we have seen investment in cleaning up toxic pollution, restoring habitat, combating […]