Blog

We invite you to visit our blog regularly to get the latest developments in the environmental and political world. You’ll also find relevant information about the different ways that we are working with citizens all over the state to protect, preserve and maintain our natural resources. (We also give all of our blogs a “witty, critical and exuberant” guarantee.)

PWIR: Great Lakes Horror Stories

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:58am

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, asian carp, Durant, Great Lakes, Hoekstra, PWIR, RES

A new sulfide mine may be built a mere two miles from Lake Superior, Asian carp are at the threshold of Lake Michigan, and Pete Hoekstra sees no problem with drilling under the Great Lakes. You'd think we were writing on the day following Halloween, not Mother's Day, with this kind of news.

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Michigan LCV Outside the Office

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 11:45am

Tags: 25 by 25, conservation, michigan lcv

Michigan LCV and the Michigan LCV Ed Fund have been growing by leaps and bounds, so we thought we'd share this photo blog to let you know what we've been up to...

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As Residents Fight Back, Sulfide Mining Strikes Again

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 9:18am

by Alicia Prygoski, Special Projects Associate

Although countless Michigan residents have made it clear that they don’t want their pristine natural areas - and sacred Native American land - decimated by sulfide mining, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), unfortunately, continues to issue disastrous permits.

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PWIR: No One Likes the Land Cap

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:35am

Tags: 25 by 25, asian carp, land cap bill, michigan supreme court, PWIR, RES

We talked about the Land Cap Bill a lot in the last edition. Since then, and largely because of your help, the issue really took off statewide with the Free Press and others weighing in on our side. No one likes the land cap.

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MEC: Response to Consumers Energy statements on Michigan-made renewable energy

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:41am

Tags: consumers, energy, mec, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Standard

This press release was sent out by the Michigan Environmental Council (MEC) today in response to Consumer Energy's recent statements on renewable energy. The MEC is a coalition of more than 70 organizations, including the Michigan LCV Education Fund, that was created in 1980 to lead Michigan’s environmental movement in achieving positive change through the political process. You can find them at www.environmentalcouncil.org or on their blog at www.michigandistilled.org.

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PWIR: This Land is Your Land ... for now

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 2:12pm

Tags: fracking, land cap, pipeline safety, PWIR

We are one step closer to an arbritrary cap on how much land the state can protect and manage with a key vote on the issue is coming up in the State House. Looking at the bigger picture, what protected state land is left could potentially be opened up to oil and gas development if the recommendations from a new legislative report are taken up.

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State Reps Want to Drill Last Protected Wilderness in the Lower Peninsula

Submitted by Drew YoungeDyke on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 12:47pm

Tags: fracking, jordan river valley, mason tract, oil and gas, pigeon river country

The Michigan Constitution directs the legislature to protect natural resources as a "paramount" concern to the people of Michigan. Paramount means "above all else," the highest priority.

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PWIR: Good-bye Michigan Cherries?

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:15am

Tags: 25by25, asian carp, cherry crop, climate change, coal, PWIR, Renewable Energy, RES, underground storage tanks

Michiganders love their famous cherries, and in so many different ways: Cherry pie. Dried cherries. Cherry wine. Cherry jam. Even cherry fudge, if you're on Mackinac Island. Tragically, however, in the wake of deeply unusual spring and winter weather, we may lose 90% of Michigan's tart cherry crop.