| Jan. 4, 2006 — |
MEC
encouraged by elements of MPSC report on electric capacity need
New
report recognizes long-term price, reliability benefits from
adopting modern, clean energy technologies
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| Feb. 9, 2006 — |
Michigan lawmakers pass strong
water use bills
Environmental
groups praise passage of state’s first comprehensive water
use laws
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Download the summary of water
bills
Download the improvements
to MI law
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| Feb. 13, 2006 — |
Global
warming impacts Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region
Report
finds that Michigan may suffer from the effects of a changing
climate more than previously thought
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Feb. 22, 2006 —
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PA
joins IL and MN in call for 90% mercury cut
Michigan advocates urge similar protections
in the Great Lakes State
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| Feb. 24, 2006 — |
Community,
character and cash
New
state transportation policy can help Michigan communities have
all three, according to a report by the Michigan Environmental Council
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March 26, 2006 —
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Season creep: warming climate
leads to shifting
Michigan seasons
From open water on Grand Traverse Bay to earlier
lilac blooms and bird migration, global warming is changing
Michigan now
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| April 17, 2006 — |
Health,
environmental groups praise governor's
mercury protections
Ninety
percent cut a major victory for children's well being
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| May 18, 2006 — |
Halting
20 extended years of risky reactor operations and radioactive
waste generation and storage on Lake Michigan at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Download
the executive summary
Download
the comments
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June 8, 2006 —
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Endangered
warblers found near mine site
Kirtland's Warblers should require reassessment
of sulfide mine plan
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| June 13, 2006 — |
Algae's
return threatens summer fun on the lakes
Legislation,
education key to slashing pollutants
that trigger beach-fouling gunk
Repulsive,
potentially toxic clumps of algae are likely to reappear this
summer to plague swimmers and beachcombers from the bays of
Grand Traverse to the shores of Lake Erie. The troubling return
of algae is a throwback to the days when rampant pollution of
the Great Lakes led researchers to declare Lake Erie "dead"
in the 1970s. And it is a warning that the state can not afford
to ignore.
Read the release
Download "Something's Amuck"
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Aug. 16, 2006 —
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Dow's
dioxin getting into people too
Dioxin
from Dow's contamination of mid-Michigan is getting into people,
according to the results of a large study released yesterday.
The $15 million dollar Dow-funded study found that consumption
of fish and wildgame and living in contaminated areas resulted
in increased levels of dioxin and related toxic chemicals in
blood.
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Aug. 31, 2006 —
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Coast
Guard live fire proposal adds toxic lead to Great Lakes
Public
hearings begin Oct. 16; public comments taken until Nov. 13
Public
comment on the establishment of Coast Guard live-fire weapons
training zones on the Great Lakes is being taken until November
13. Public hearings begin the week of October 16, including
three hearings in Michigan. The training would add far more
toxic lead to the Great Lakes than the entire state of Michigan
discharges to its waterways each year.
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MEC briefing document
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| Oct. 10, 2006 — |
Michigan's
coastlines: World class resource at risk
Report:
A call to action as mounting development pressure and fragmented
oversight threaten economy, ecology of Great Lakes Shoreline
Michigan's Great Lakes coastline is a magnet
for development, drawing people and businesses at a brisk pace
that outstrips the growth of inland communities. But fragmented
and disjointed planning on the coasts is overseen by more than
400 separate jurisdictions, a confusing checkerboard of often
contradictory and counterproductive rules, zoning laws and long-range
plans.
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Our Coastlines"
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| Nov. 30, 2006 — |
Coalition
urges rejection of Big Rock nuke site park
Numerous
Michigan natural resource treasures without nuclear waste would
be better choices for limited trust fund dollars
A
coalition of environmental groups today urged the Michigan Natural
Resources Trust Fund Board to reject a plan to purchase the
former Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant site near Charlevoix.
The continued storage of high-level atomic waste at the site,
its legacy of radioactive contamination, and the availability
of numerous high-quality natural lands competing for limited
Trust Fund dollars should be factors when the Board votes on
the proposal Wednesday, Dec. 6.
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| Dec. 18, 2006 — |
Coast
Guard suspends Great Lakes live fire plan
Unregulated
machine gun training would have introduced toxic lead, other
hazardous materials into world's greatest freshwater resource
The
United States Coast Guard today announced the indefinite suspension
of its proposed live fire machine gun training exercises on
the Great Lakes. The decision helps protect the world's greatest
freshwater resource from unregulated amounts of lead and other
toxic materials that would have been introduced by the training.
Read the release |
