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No Superior For You! Diversion of Great Lakes water will soon be illegal		23 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 4:50 PM on 23 Sep 2008 If you don't border the Great Lakes, keep your grubby hands out of 'em. That's the general message of a bill that would bar any major water diversion from Lakes Erie, Ontario, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, unless all eight lake-bordering states approve. The so-called Great Lakes Compact, which has passed Congress and heads to the welcoming pen of President Bush, also holds Illinois, Indian ...
Topics: Illinois, Indiana, legislation, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, news, Ohio, Pennsylvania, politics, state politics, water conflicts, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Greenwashing socialism Bad policy ideas in Michigan	Sean Casten	22 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Environmental pressures and economic slowdowns are admittedly hard for state governors to tackle. Even still, Michigan's latest is a lousy idea. As noted here, the state legislature has just passed a bill which Gov. Granholm has promised to sign that would: Strengthen the utility monopolies, guaranteeing DTE and Consumer's Energy at least 90% of the electric market in the state. Reduce electric rates for businesses and raise them for consumers. Allow the utilit ...
Topics: Michigan, state politics, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

For goodness lakes Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry says the Great Lakes need help	Guest author	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post from Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry, who has been working recently to preserve and restore the Great Lakes. ----- Lt. Gov. John CherryI'm especially pleased to be a guest blogger on Grist today, since earlier today legislation was introduced in the United States Senate and House of Representatives to ratify the Great Lakes Compact. Now that the Compact has been ratified by the eight Great Lakes states, as well as the Canadian provinces ...
Topics: habitat protection, legislation, Michigan, politics, state politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Score one for Dow Chemical In the EPA's Midwestern division, a pro-industry stalwart replaces a dioxin stickler	Tom Philpott	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Back in May, Mary Gade found herself unceremoniously ousted from her post as Midwest regional administrator of the EPA. According to an excellent Chicago Tribune article by Michael Hawthorne, Gade had been locked in a battle with Dow over the chemical giant's massive, long-standing dioxin mess in low-income areas of Michigan. Hawthorne reports that Gade crossed a line with her bosses in Washington when 'she sent contractors to test soil in [one] neighborhood where D ...
Topics: Michigan, politics, toxics, US EPA, waste (all these topics)

A matter of rust Obama talks up energy plans in the Rust Belt	Kate Sheppard	16 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama was in Wayne, Pa., on Saturday, where he highlighted energy costs and the need for new energy policy in a town hall meeting. 'It isn't an accident that gas prices are this high,' the presumptive Democratic nominee told the crowd. 'It's because Washington failed to deal with the challenge of alternative energy when it had the chance. Instead we've had an energy policy that's been written by and for the big oil and gas companies.' Obama impugned Geor ...
Topics: Barack Obama, economy, Michigan, Muckraker, news, Pennsylvania, politics (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
CNN is calling Michigan for Romney. Guess all that pandering worked.This means a long and extremely divisive race on the R side.
Topics: Michigan, presidential race 08, elections, politics, Mitt Romney (all these topics)

Pandering in Michigan Romney and McCain treat Michigan workers like credulous children	David Roberts	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Romney and McCain are campaigning furiously in Michigan, and it's tight. Romney, for whom Michigan is make-or-break, seems to have decided it's in his best interests to sell fantasies: Mr. Romney criticized the energy bill signed into law last month by President Bush that requires cars and trucks sold in the United States to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Substantial majorities in both parties in both houses of Congress approved the mea ...
Topics: elections, politics, energy, presidential race 08, Michigan, John McCain (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
Newt Gingrich, claiming a mandate to make government smaller, actually managed to abolish only two offices: the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The OTA was a widely praised, nonpartisan board that helped Congress understand and deal with technical issues -- exactly the kind of office you don't need if you get your understanding of biology from Genesis, your thoughts on telecommunications from K Street, and your opin ...
Topics: legislation, Michigan, Newt Gingrich, politics, state politics (all these topics)

'Strict constructionists' Self-proclaimed conservatives often simply just like different outcomes	JMG	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Michigan has an important case up before a state Supreme Court known for two things: Making radical revisions to laws the Republican majority dislikes, and proclaiming its strict textualism in interpreting the law. In the case before the Supreme Court, attorneys for Nestle Waters North America have argued in opposition to citizens' rights under [the Michigan Environmental Protection Act], saying that citizens must be 'directly affected' by an environmental action to go to court ...
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)

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)

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)

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)

Monroe Spin Doctorin' Bush Defends His Environmental Proposals in a Key Swing State		17 Sep 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Michigan, politics (all these topics)

Monroe Spin Doctorin' Bush pushes his Clear Skies plan -- and his electoral prospects -- at a notoriously dirty power plant	Amanda Griscom	17 Sep 2003	Muckraker
Bush talks to the masses in Michigan. Photo: White House. When President Bush set out on Monday to defend his recent New Source Review rollback and promote his energy bill and Clear Skies program, it was hard not to notice the peculiar setting he chose. Wearing a hardhat and safety glasses, the commander in chief mingled with a crowd of begoggl ...
Topics: air pollution, elections, Michigan, Muckraker, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Turf Wars Missouri, California Clash Over Air-Quality Plan		05 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Turf Wars Missouri, California Clash Over Air-Quality Plan A proposal to reduce air pollution from lawn mowers and other gas-powered outdoor equipment has set the stage for a battle between the staid Midwestern state of Missouri and the kooky Californians. To help deal with the Golden State's chronic air-quality problem, the California Air Resource ...
Topics: air pollution, business, California, commercial and industry organizations, Michigan, Missouri, politics (all these topics)

The Dow of Poo		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
The Dow of Poo Outgoing Michigan Gov. John Engler (R) is trying to relax the state standard for dioxin pollution, a move that unhappy environmentalists say is designed to minimize Dow Chemical's financial liability for future cleanup efforts. The proposed change, which has also angered Gov.-elect Jennifer Granholm (D) ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, health, Hudson River, Michigan, New York, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Hitting the Bottle Michigan residents fight for control of the state's water	Keith Schneider	23 Oct 2002	Main Dish
Until two years ago, the 40,550 generally well-behaved Midwesterners of Mecosta County, Mich., regularly attended church, sent their children off to school on yellow buses, and never for a moment worried that their clean, freshwater supply would ever run dry. Mecosta County, after all, sits near the center of Michigan's lower peninsula, which itself sits at the center of the largest supply ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, Great Lakes, Michigan, mining and drilling, politics, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Hazing Ritual		30 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Hazing Ritual It might be officially nicknamed the Golden State, but sometimes, it's more like the Yellowish-Brown State: California continues to lead the U.S. in dirty air, with nearly twice as many "smog days" as any other state in the union, a recent report by an e ...
Topics: air pollution, California, environmental non-government organizations, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, politics, pollution and waste, Texas (all these topics)

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