A long-standing clog in Michigan’s environmental bureaucracy has been plunged after years of opposition. For our next entry into #thePolluterRulebook, we explore the first domino to fall in the ongoing fight to give EGLE its bite back.
Michigan Environmental Council
Public Policy Offices
Lansing, Michigan 1,503 followers
Our mission is to champion lasting protections for Michigan's air, our water, and the places we love.
About us
The Michigan Environmental Council – a 501(c)(3) charitable organization – is a coalition of nearly 80 organizations created in 1980 to lead Michigan’s environmental movement in achieving positive change through the political process. MEC combines deep environmental policy expertise with close connections to key state and federal decision makers, decades of experience getting things done in the political process, and an ability to rally broad and powerful alliances in support of reforms. Convening groups as diverse as public health practitioners, land conservancies, environmental justice advocates, and state chapters of powerful national organizations, MEC promotes public policies to ensure that Michigan families will enjoy clean water, healthy air, beautiful landscapes and vibrant communities for years to come.
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http://www.environmentalcouncil.org
External link for Michigan Environmental Council
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- Public Policy Offices
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Lansing, Michigan
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1980
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602 W. Ionia Street
Lansing, Michigan 48933, US
Employees at Michigan Environmental Council
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Dr. MK Dorsey
Director & Chair @ Arizona State University | Professor of Practice, The Walton Chair
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James Clift
Deputy Director at Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
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Conan Smith
President & CEO at Michigan Environmental Council
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Judy Bearup
Office Manager & Personal Asstistant to the President at MI Environmental Council
Updates
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Congratulations to Sandy Sorini Elser, our 2024 Petoskey Prize for Environmental Leadership recipient. Sandy was nominated by Environmental Council member Legacy Land Conservancy (LLC), where she has logged over 500 volunteer hours. Click the link below to learn more!
Legacy Land Conservancy volunteer named 2024 Petoskey Prize recipient
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2006 was a long time ago. Proof? This social admin was pleading with his dad to buy the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album "Stadium Arcadium" on iTunes. After all, my bus ride to school would be ruined if I didn't have my favorite songs on my iPod... and while I've done some growing up, some of Michigan's most important environmental law has been frozen in time. For our first entry into #ThePolluterRulebook, we explore the 15 words that have kept Michigan stuck in 2006.
How 15 words have kept Michigan stuck in 2006
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Recently, we caught up with Tommy Skinner, winner of our 2023 Petoskey Prize. He updated us on the Sustainability Club's solar project, which is now in its fundraising phase ☀️ Donate by June 20th to double every dollar you donate in support! To donate, mail a check to the Spitler Administration Building at 1130 Howard St, Petoskey, MI 49770 made out to the Public Schools of Petoskey with the subject line "Solar." An increase in scale for this project increases the likelihood of a significant investment into renewable energy by a major institution, let's make it happen!
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Hello from Detroit! Last Friday, we took a bike ride from our Detroit office to Eastern Market, the riverfront and the Dequindre Cut. Thanks so much to Todd Scott from @detroit-greenways-coalition for guiding us and to David Miechiels at the @detroit-riverfront-conservancy for meeting with us. Here's to a future of walking, biking, and rolling around. ➡️
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"The Stove War" - "Gods. Guns. Gas Stoves." That's what a prominent legislator posted on social media early in 2023. Welcome to the Stove War, a cultural flashpoint that pitted gas stoves against their electric counterparts. As with most viral debates, misinformation spouted. Chef Chris Galarza of @forwarddiningsolutionsllc joins us to break things down in our final episode of our #ProjectGreenprint miniseries. ---- 🎙️https://lnkd.in/eTJF3zD9
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"Homes of the Future" - Eric A. Schertzing from the Michigan Association of Lans Banks joins our #ProjectGreenprint miniseries to share how land banks are evolving to offer "Veg-O-Matic" solutions to our housing crisis. ---- 🎙️https://lnkd.in/dE2BQ4vB
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On April 25, 2014, Flint resident turned their faucets on and nothing was ever the same. In the 10 years since, there's been both suffering and progress. Now, we and over 200 advocates are working to make lead poisoning a thing of history. You can help us this Lead Education Day. 🏛️Learn more and join us:
After landmark lead laws pass, new bills continue momentum
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"Up to Code" - Michigan homes have high pollution levels and high prices. How can we possibly change that for all 4.5 million of them and counting? For climate expert Carlee Knott, MPP, the answer is by cracking the code (literally) of home development and repair. All this and more in our second episode of our #ProjectGreenprint miniseries. ---- 🎙️https://lnkd.in/e5z3TEjY
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"Have a Haven?" - In Episode 1 of our #ProjectGreenprint miniseries, Crain's Detroit Business reporter Nick Manes joins to talk about the odd place Michigan's in. It's considered a climate haven, a place that can protect people from the worst of climate change. But its literal havens—our homes—are old, expensive, elusive and, in fact, causing climate change. 🎙️For the full episode: https://lnkd.in/ebnURNnf