Michigan Environmental Council

water protection

Michigan’s new water withdrawal assessment process

Workshops offered for planning and watershed management

transportation policy

Michigan public transportation under attack

Senate cuts Amtrak funding by over 50 percent

climate change

EPA ruling on carbon dioxide emissions is key first step

Chris Kolb, MEC president, is guest blogger at FreepOpinion

Recent news stories compiled by the
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Environment agencies in Great Lakes states reorganize, downsize

Birds Eye Foods working to remove iron from water

Caterpillars leave swath of destruction in Michigan

Lawmakers right to combine environmental departments

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MEC responds to State Senate vote to cripple environmental oversight

Response from Michigan Environmental Council to State Senate’s vote to cede authority to federal government, cripple state environmental protections

Policy wonks float down the Grand River on final day of “Smart Commute” challenge

The week-long Smart Commute challenge in Lansing witnessed perhaps its most offbeat entry yet when a pair of environmental policy specialists from the Michigan Environmental Council (MEC) canoed the Grand River to reach their Lansing office.

Regulators cut proposed cost of utility’s renewable energy plan, find clean energy and efficiency cheaper than new coal

The Michigan Public Service Commission cuts customers' costs for new renewable energy plan and finds clean energy cheaper than new coal. MEC and our allies say costs should come down even further for clean energy.