Michigan Environmental Report
News from Michigan Environmental Council on public policies affecting the health of Michigan's people and environment
100 Michigan tourist attractions: How many have you visited?
Trivia time! This quiz, gauging how many Michigan tourist attractions you've visited, is making the rounds on the intertubes this week. Our communications director scored a 69, then suffered the slings and arrows of lesser Michiganders who complained bitterly of the unfairness of it all.
Report: Warming climate threatens deer camp tradition
This is a favorite time of year for many Michiganders: Deer season is in full swing. One MEC staffer has a freezer newly full of nutritious, local venison, while another keeps shaking his head and muttering about a big buck that trotted close but didn't offer a clean shot.
Paying it forward: WMEAC's 45th anniversary a time to thank them, and one former stranger!
One night in the late 1980s I wandered unannounced into Grand Rapids' Fountain Street Church for a meeting of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC). I had a vague idea that I'd like to write something about "The Environment" for the Grand Rapids-based chain of weekly newspapers I was working for, and an "environmental council" seemed a likely spot to find such a story. Beyond that, I was as clueless as a 24-year-old could be.
Trick, not treat: 'Guaranteed bankruptcy' yard waste bill is this week's scare
In a twisted nod to Halloween hijinks, the Michigan Senate's Energy & Technology Committee today takes up a piece of legislation, SB 314, that surely is no treat.