Archive: Climate Justice

Dirty Money is Stopping Clean Energy: Here’s What We Can Do

It’s official: there’s a new ballot initiative aimed at getting money out of Michigan politics—and the Michigan Climate Action Network (MiCAN) is proud to endorse it.

Michigan Climate Action Network hosts sixth annual climate summit at the Lansing Center

“Michigan’s energy future is at a crossroads, and the ultimate goal of the summit is to advance a rapid transition to renewable energy so we can lower costs, improve grid reliability, protect community health, and mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis for the...

Wildfire smoke and heat waves force vulnerable Michigan residents indoors

Denise Keele, executive director of the Michigan Climate Action Network, said her camp’s “anger and demands are more appropriately focused on our own Michigan elected officials who continue to deny and fail to address the actual cause – climate change.”

Update to Scientific Report Finds Climate Change Threatens Great Lakes

ELPC has just released the major update to their successful 2019 report on climate change and the Great Lakes. This report was crafted by top scientists from major Big 10/Midwest universities and coordinated by the ELPC Science Advisory Board member Don Wuebbles.

Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations

Several groups, including MiCAN and the ELPC have submitted comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to argue that the draft EIS is inadequate and overlooks the potential harms of the project.

Keeping Everyone’s Lights On: How to Build an Equitable, Climate-Resilient Power Grid

This report outlines key strategies for enhancing stability and ensuring long-term energy security, including reforming the transmission planning process, collaborating with researchers and experts, and updating the metrics used to evaluate investments in transmission.

Federal Attacks on Climate Funding, Staff and Programs Will Increase Health Risks and Costs for Michiganders

At a virtual briefing hosted by Michigan Solutions for All, MiCAN Executive Director Dr. Denise Keele joined partners to sound the alarm on dangerous federal rollbacks to climate funding, clean energy programs, and environmental protections, threats that would raise energy costs, deepen health disparities,...

Native American tribes and environmental groups ask Michigan Supreme Court to hear Line 5 challenge

Following a Michigan Court of Appeals decision upholding a key permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project, four Tribal Nations and three environmental groups, they argue the decision violates the state constitution, environmental laws, and the public trust doctrine by failing to consider oil spill...

Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity

As fossil fuel companies face mounting lawsuits over decades of climate deception, nearly 200 environmental and legal advocacy groups, including MiCAN, are warning Congress against granting the industry immunity. The letter, signed by major climate advocates, urges Democratic leaders to reject any attempts to shield...

Michigan climate action plans must better address marginalized communities, study finds

A recent MSU study found that while many Michigan cities are developing climate action plans, few address the needs of marginalized communities most affected by climate change. MiCAN is working to close that gap by helping local governments incorporate environmental justice into their plans through...