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Front and Center Folks with ties to the Earth Liberation Front indicted in Michigan blaze		12 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 5:12 PM on 12 Mar 2008 The Earth Liberation Front has made the news yet again: Four people tied to the radical group have been indicted on arson charges for a 1999 blaze at Michigan State University. sources: Detroit Free Press, Reuters, Associated Press From the Archives Off the Hook. Salmon fishing season in California and Oregon may be canceled. Gasp! EPA lowers ozon ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism, Michigan, news (all these topics)

Mitt Me With Your Best Shot Romney wins Michigan GOP primary after bashing McCain on fuel economy		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:18 PM on 15 Jan 2008 Mitt Romney won Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday, after whacking John McCain for supporting tougher fuel-economy regulations and promoting "radical climate change legislation." Romney portrayed himself as a defender of Michigan's floundering auto industry and said the automakers shouldn't be burdened with having to produce more fuel-efficient cars ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Romney takes Michigan	David Roberts	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: elections, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Pandering in Michigan Romney and McCain treat Michigan workers like credulous children	David Roberts	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Michigan, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

That'll Teach 'Em Colleges around the country take green steps		20 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 20 Dec 2007 Are you thinking what we're thinking? Yep: It's time for a green college roundup! Maine's College of the Atlantic has made good on its pledge to be a carbon-neutral campus, say school officials. "As far as we know, [COA is] the first in the world to make the commitment, and as far as we know, the first to do it," says David Hales, president of the 300-student college, which offers one major ...
Topics: climate, education, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, news, Oregon (all these topics)

Lighting the Way Ann Arbor, Mich., declares itself first U.S. city to use LEDs in all its streetlights		18 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 11:08 AM on 18 Oct 2007 Ann Arbor, Mich., home to the main campus of the University of Michigan, announced that it intends to become the first U.S. city to convert all of its downtown streetlights to LEDs (light-emitting diodes). The energy-saving lights use half the energy and are expected to last five times as long. In two years, when the city of 113,000 completes the conversion of ...
Topics: energy efficiency, Michigan, news (all these topics)

Bring in the noise For every problem there's a solution that's simple, attractive, and wrong	JMG	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Michigan, wind power (all these topics)

Ignoring science: Not just for Republicans anymore! Michigan gov. follows Gingrich's example, kills science advisory board	JMG	26 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: legislation, Michigan, Newt Gingrich, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Chickens coming home to roost Hope they don't want any corn	JMG	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, climate, food, Michigan (all these topics)

'Strict constructionists' Self-proclaimed conservatives often simply just like different outcomes	JMG	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: litigation, Michigan, politics (all these topics)

Traded In His Chevy for a Cad Attack Speaking in Detroit, Obama tells Big Auto where to go		08 May 2007	Daily Grist
Traded In His Chevy for a Cad Attack Speaking in Detroit, Obama tells Big Auto where to go Presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) took his rhetoric to Detroit yesterday, challenging the U.S. auto industry to get with the times. "The need to drastically change our energy policy is no longer a debatable proposition," he said in a speech to the city's Economic Club. "It i ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Big Auto, business, Michigan, news, politics (all these topics)

Who's On First? Officials in suburban Detroit point fingers over contaminated park		07 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Who's On First? Officials in suburban Detroit point fingers over contaminated park You remember when Katrina hit, and officials spent their time blaming each other instead of helping people? This is sort of like that, only smaller, and with less wind. Unsuspecting families in a Detroit suburb have played in a contaminated county park for years while city, county, and state officials argued over a cleanup plan. Repeated soil tests in ...
Topics: Michigan, news, toxics (all these topics)

When Guvs Try Enviros hope to make gains with gubernatorial races in key states	Amanda Griscom Little	19 Oct 2006	Muckraker
With Election Day just over two weeks away, Muckraker brings you part two of our roundup of gubernatorial races with important green angles. Last week, in part one, we chronicled the hottest campaigns along the Eastern seaboard. This week, we're briefing you on a few of the must-watch races in the Midwest and Pacific regions. Michigan: Jennifer Granholm (D) vs. Dick DeVos (R) Jenn ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Colorado, elections, Michigan, Muckraker, Ohio, Oregon, politics, state politics (all these topics)

The Real Thing Coca-Cola learns a tough lesson about corporate sustainability	Andrew J. Hoffman	05 Sep 2006	Soapbox
In January 2006, the University of Michigan suspended the purchase of Coca-Cola products on its campus. Corporate decision-makers should pay heed: this event is notable on several dimensions. Coke learns that CSR is the real thing. Photo: iStockphoto First, this decision was not due to any problems with product or pricing. Instead, the university cut the contract because of concerns ove ...
Topics: business, environmental non-government organizations, Michigan (all these topics)

A Lansing Blow Michigan demands 90 percent cut to mercury emissions from power plants		18 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
A Lansing Blow Michigan demands 90 percent cut to mercury emissions from power plants Tired of other states getting all the eco-love, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) has ordered her state's coal-burning power plants to slash mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015. Her plan will not be a cap-and-trade system, but will allow companies to produce a 90 percent average cut across all their plants, meaning some plants can pollute mor ...
Topics: Michigan, news, toxics (all these topics)

Black and White and Mad All Over Unlikely allies send a dispatch from an enviro-justice tour in Michigan		05 Nov 2005	Dispatches
Lynn Henning (left) is a farmer whose family grows corn and soy on 300 acres in Hudson, Mich. She is an organizer with the Sierra Club's Water Sentinels program, testing local rivers and creeks for contamination from factory farms. Rhonda Anderson (right) is a single mother and longtime community activist in Detroit. She is an environmental-justice organizer for the Sierra Club. Saturday ...
Topics: Dispatches, environmental justice, Michigan, politics (all these topics)

Hapless Wetlands Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases		13 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Hapless Wetlands Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases The first U.S. Supreme Court session under Chief Justice John Roberts will feature two cases pitting government regulatory power against private property rights -- precisely the area where greens most fear Roberts' jurisprudence. Both cases originated in Michigan, and ask whether the federal government has jurisdiction under the Clean W ...
Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

The Pledge of Reason Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		23 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. Yesterday evening, the Road to Detroit team of organizers joined up with our brave Drive the Future we ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

What's All the Bus About? Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		22 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Monday, 22 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. In the madness of classic cars and signs reading "Burn Out," "Light Her Up," a ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Mind Over Motor Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		19 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Friday, 19 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. We know you know about fuel-efficient cars. You may even own one. Peak oil, the rising price at the pump, an ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Granholm Don't Come for Free Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it		10 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
A Granholm Don't Come for Free Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it With Beltway Democrats in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to the working class, and Beltway environmentalists in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to Beltway Democrats, both groups might want to check out the State of the State speech delivered this week by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D). In the f ...
Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Arabian Fights Arabs and Latinos work together for environmental justice in Michigan		22 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Arabian Fights Arabs and Latinos work together for environmental justice in Michigan The area that includes south Dearborn and southwest Detroit is densely populated, ethnically diverse, and highly industrialized -- as such, it is a revealing test case for the environmental-justice movement. For at least five years now, particulate pollution in the area's air has exceeded federal standards by anywhere from 15 to ...
Topics: environmental justice, Michigan, politics (all these topics)

Jenifa, Oh Jenny An interview with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm	Keith Schneider	26 Oct 2004	Main Dish
Jennifer Granholm. If John Kerry becomes president, he'll owe an awful lot to Jennifer M. Granholm, Michigan's environmentally minded first-term Democratic governor. For all but a few shaky days in early September when some polls indicated that Michigan may have been leaning President Bush's way, the state and its 17 critical electoral votes have stayed all year as alpine blue as a northern Lake Mic ...
Topics: elections, interview, Michigan, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Bottle Let Me Down Michigan Looks to Improve Its Recycling Record		23 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Bottle Let Me Down Michigan Looks to Improve Its Recycling Record When it comes to recycling, Michigan lags behind much of the nation, and state lawmakers say it's time to change that. Yesterday, a state Senate task force proposed spending $50 million to establish a recycling program and ban beverage containers from landfills. Funding for the project would come from a $3 ...
Topics: green living, Michigan, politics, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics)

What's Good for the Michigander Is Good for the Goose Lessons from the Great Lakes on how enviros can win votes and influence people	Keith Schneider	15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
Bush chats up Michiganders in Monroe. Photo: White House. President Bush swooped into Monroe, Mich., in mid-September for an appearance at one of the largest and most polluting coal-fired power plants in the world. As an exploration of his ideas about environmental policy, the visit was completely baffling. (Why go to such a filthy fa ...
Topics: Great Lakes, Michigan, politics (all these topics)

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