All Michiganders deserve a just, liveable future, and we understand what’s at stake. We need to make sure our elected officials share our values. Achieving that is going to take education, advocacy, and political action.
And all three of those strategies rely on you — your commitment and your willingness to fight for justice and the people and places you love.
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We need laws in place that will center our communities first, protect our water, enable renewable energy deployment, and make data centers pay their own way (rather than sticking Michiganders with higher utility bills).
The Trump EPA has proposed a sweeping rollback of federal coal ash safeguards that would put drinking water, public health, and frontline communities at serious risk. Tell the EPA: Protect our communities from toxic coal ash.
Michigan is facing a major dam safety crisis, and it’s putting communities across the state at risk. Tell Your Lawmaker: Pass House Bill 5485 and fully fund EGLE and repair Michigan’s failing dams.
Data centers in Michigan are required to run on at least 90% clean energy to receive tax breaks, but that safeguard is being treated as optional. Tell the Michigan Strategic Fund Board to enforce the law and stop giveaways to dirty data centers.
The Energy Bills Relief Act was just introduced in Congress – a bold plan to tackle the current energy affordability crisis head-on by ensuring Americans can access affordable, reliable, and clean energy without sacrificing our communities or environment. Tell your member of Congress: Pass the Energy Bills Relief Act.
Six members of Michigan’s Congressional Delegation just helped introduce the Energy Bills Relief Act – a bold plan to tackle the current energy affordability crisis head-on by increasing access to affordable, reliable, clean energy. Tell your member of Congress: Thank you for taking action to deliver relief on energy bills.
Michigan Republicans just introduced “Project Lights Out” – a reckless rollback of the 2023 Clean Energy & Jobs Act that slows down the build-out of clean energy, shifts costs onto ratepayers, and removes basic safeguards. Tell your lawmaker: Stop “Project Lights Out” and protect ratepayers.
House Bill 4283 would weaken Michigan’s Clean Energy & Jobs Act and create a special corporate carveout at the expense of U.P. ratepayers. Tell your state senator to reject House Bill 4283 and protect U.P. families and small businesses.
The Trump EPA is trying to roll back the Endangerment Finding and erase science from policymaking, gutting one of our most important climate protections. Tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and protect clean air and American healthy communities.
Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal plant was set to close this year, but the Trump administration blocked the shutdown, citing a bogus “energy emergency.” Add your name to tell President Trump and your member of Congress to stop the costly coal bailout and let the plant close for good.
President Trump just signed an executive order to force the J.H. Campbell coal plant in West Michigan to stay open – the day before it was scheduled to be shut down. Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s dangerous, dirty power grab and shut down the J.H. Campbell coal plant for good.
The last two years in Lansing have been pivotal for Michigan, delivering major victories for clean energy and democracy while exposing the deep challenges that still hinder progress in our state. Check out Michigan LCV’s Scorecard for the 102nd Legislature and see who stepped up to protect our air, land, water, and democracy – and who stood in the way.
Donald Trump is trying to cut historic clean energy funding and now critical programs are at risk, leaving Michigan communities with higher costs, more pollution, and fewer opportunities. Tell Congress to stand up for our communities and protect critical clean energy funding and programs.
The Trump EPA has proposed a sweeping rollback of federal coal ash safeguards that would put drinking water, public health, and frontline communities at serious risk. Tell the EPA: Protect our communities from toxic coal ash.
Michigan’s low waste disposal fees and outdated policies have turned our state into a dumping ground for hazardous waste from across the country and Canada. Tell your lawmaker to support meaningful reforms to ensure our state isn’t the dumping ground for out-of-state toxic waste.
The Trump EPA is trying to roll back the Endangerment Finding and erase science from policymaking, gutting one of our most important climate protections. Tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and protect clean air and American healthy communities.
Are you one of the people being personally impacted by Donald Trump, federal cuts, and the DOGE program? We’d like to hear from you. Fill out this form and a member of our team will follow up with you.
Donald Trump has pledged to severely limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to hold true to its namesake: protecting our environment. Send a message to Governor Whitmer urging her to protect our water from Trump’s PFAS rollbacks.
Michiganders deserve clean, safe water, but across our state, toxic PFAS contamination is threatening public health, contaminating lakes and rivers, and putting our health at risk. Tell your lawmaker to pass House Bills 5890-5898 and take swift action to address the toxic PFAS crisis in Michigan.
In a major win for our Great Lakes, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in her case against Enbridge Energy, ensuring the legal battle over the dangerous Line 5 pipeline and proposed tunnel project will stay in Michigan courts. Send a message thanking Attorney General Nessel for defending the Great Lakes and fighting to hold Enbridge accountable.
Michigan’s low waste disposal fees and outdated policies have turned our state into a dumping ground for hazardous waste from across the country and Canada. Tell your lawmaker to support meaningful reforms to ensure our state isn’t the dumping ground for out-of-state toxic waste.
Michigan is the only state in the country without a statewide septic code. Send a message to your lawmaker urging them to vote YES on Senate Bill 771 and deliver a septic code for Michigan.
The Trump EPA wants to weaken Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, stripping states and tribes of their authority to protect water resources from pollution caused by federally permitted projects. Tell the EPA: Clean water protections should not be sacrificed for polluter profits.
Continuing to run Canadian oil through the Great Lakes is reckless and has the potential to shutdown the Great Lakes tourism economy and clean water supply. The risks are too high. We MUST shut down Line 5. Sign the petition demanding our elected officials take action to protect the Great Lakes.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has the authority to reject Enbridge’s permit, stop the Line 5 tunnel, and protect our Great Lakes while prioritizing clean energy solutions and a sustainable future.
For decades, corporate polluters in Michigan have been allowed to contaminate our air, land, and water – leaving our communities on the hook to pay the price. Tell your lawmaker to support critical Polluter Pay legislation and protect our health, our environment, and our future
Michigan is facing a major dam safety crisis, and it’s putting communities across the state at risk. Tell Your Lawmaker: Pass House Bill 5485 and fully fund EGLE and repair Michigan’s failing dams.
Consumers Energy is trying to sell off its aging hydroelectric dams to a private equity firm in a terrible deal that would impact our rivers and wildlife, outdoor recreation, and ratepayers’ pocketbooks. Tell the MPSC to reject Consumers Energy’s request to sell off these dams.
Public lands are essential to Michigan’s identity, economy, and future, but special interests in Washington are still working to open them up to expanded fossil fuel drilling, mining, and logging. Tell your members of Congress to protect public lands instead of selling them off.
Michiganders deserve clean, safe water, but across our state, toxic PFAS contamination is threatening public health, contaminating lakes and rivers, and putting our health at risk. Tell your lawmaker to pass House Bills 5890-5898 and take swift action to address the toxic PFAS crisis in Michigan.
Michigan’s low waste disposal fees and outdated policies have turned our state into a dumping ground for hazardous waste from across the country and Canada. Tell your lawmaker to support meaningful reforms to ensure our state isn’t the dumping ground for out-of-state toxic waste.
Michigan is the only state in the country without a statewide septic code. Send a message to your lawmaker urging them to vote YES on Senate Bill 771 and deliver a septic code for Michigan.
The Trump EPA wants to weaken Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, stripping states and tribes of their authority to protect water resources from pollution caused by federally permitted projects. Tell the EPA: Clean water protections should not be sacrificed for polluter profits.
Every Michigander deserves access to clean, affordable water, but rates have steadily increased in recent years. Send a message to your state senator urging them to pass Senate Bills 248-256 and ensure every Michigander has access to clean, safe, affordable water.
Donald Trump has pledged to severely limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to hold true to its namesake: protecting our environment. Send a message to Governor Whitmer urging her to protect our water from Trump’s PFAS rollbacks.
For decades, corporate polluters in Michigan have been allowed to contaminate our air, land, and water – leaving our communities on the hook to pay the price. Tell your lawmaker to support critical Polluter Pay legislation and protect our health, our environment, and our future
We need laws in place that will center our communities first, protect our water, enable renewable energy deployment, and make data centers pay their own way (rather than sticking Michiganders with higher utility bills).
Data centers in Michigan are required to run on at least 90% clean energy to receive tax breaks, but that safeguard is being treated as optional. Tell the Michigan Strategic Fund Board to enforce the law and stop giveaways to dirty data centers.
The Energy Bills Relief Act was just introduced in Congress – a bold plan to tackle the current energy affordability crisis head-on by ensuring Americans can access affordable, reliable, and clean energy without sacrificing our communities or environment. Tell your member of Congress: Pass the Energy Bills Relief Act.
Six members of Michigan’s Congressional Delegation just helped introduce the Energy Bills Relief Act – a bold plan to tackle the current energy affordability crisis head-on by increasing access to affordable, reliable, clean energy. Tell your member of Congress: Thank you for taking action to deliver relief on energy bills.
Consumers Energy is trying to sell off its aging hydroelectric dams to a private equity firm in a terrible deal that would impact our rivers and wildlife, outdoor recreation, and ratepayers’ pocketbooks. Tell the MPSC to reject Consumers Energy’s request to sell off these dams.
Michiganders pay the highest rates in the Midwest with the most time out of power in the country. Meanwhile, monopoly utilities rake in record profits, shower executives with million-dollar bonuses, and fly around on private jets. Tell your lawmaker that we need a Ratepayer Bill of Rights to protect Michigan ratepayers against skyrocketing energy costs and corporate utility greed.
DTE and Consumers Energy are again asking state regulators to raise energy rates, this time by over $1 billion. If approved, that cost would be passed off directly to customers. Tell the MPSC to reject DTE and Consumers Energy’s rate increase requests and protect ratepayers.
Consumers Energy is asking state regulators for a $436 million rate increase – the utility company’s largest request in decades. Tell the MPSC to reject Consumers Energy’s rate increase request and protect Michigan ratepayers
A growing number of lawmakers are taking Michigan LCV’s No Utility Money Challenge to stop taking money from monopoly utility companies and your representative is one of them! Send a message thanking your lawmaker for rejecting big utility money today.
DTE and Consumers Energy donate millions of dollars to the lawmakers who set the rules the utility companies must follow. Tell your lawmakers to take the ‘No Utility Money’ Challenge today.
Just months after securing a $242 million rate hike earlier this year, DTE is once again asking state regulators to approve a $474 million rate increase. Send a message to the Michigan Public Service Commission, urging them to reject DTE’s rate increase request and protect Michigan ratepayers.
In Washington and Lansing, MAGA lawmakers are trying to pass legislation that would strip millions of voters of their rights and create unnecessary barriers to the ballot box. Tell your lawmakers: Reject voting restrictions and protect our right to vote.
MAGA lawmakers are trying to pass federal and state legislation that would strip millions of voters of their rights and create unnecessary barriers to the ballot box. Tell Congress and your state lawmakers to reject the SAVE Act and House Joint Resolution B and protect our right to vote.
Michigan is one of the only states in the country that exempts the governor’s office and state Legislature from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Tell your lawmakers to vote YES on Senate Bills 1 and 2 to bring transparency and accountability to Michigan.