Coalitions & Partners

Clear the Air

Clear the Air (CTA) is a coalition of residents, community groups, and organizations that aim to protect Michiganders and build a stronger movement to protect clean air, promote environmental justice, build collaboration on air quality issues, and advance policies for clean air and public health.

Healing Our Waters

Healing Our Waters (HOW) is a coalition of local, state, and regional advocates working together with a mission to secure a sustainable Great Lakes restoration plan and the federal funding to implement it. We convene with our members, partners, and allies to discuss regional clean water priorities and provide tools, resources, and training on these issues.

The Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education

The Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) aims to support educators in delivering the highest quality interdisciplinary climate change education to develop informed and engaged citizens.

Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs

Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs (MEMJ) is a broad and bipartisan statewide coalition committed to transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2035, holding utilities accountable, and saving money through energy efficiency. It aims to develop more good-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree, cleaner air for the communities most impacted by pollution, and more affordable electricity for Michigan families.

Michigan Environmental Council

Michigan Environmental Council (MEC), MiCAN’s fiscal sponsor, is a coalition of nearly 100 organizations created in 1980. Its mission is to champion lasting protections for Michigan’s air, water, and the places we love.

In MEC’s vision, Michigan is a national environmental policy leader where a powerful network of advocates has built a track record of enacting enduring and equitable policies that protect the health of our communities and offer unparalleled stewardship of our land, air, and water in the face of climate change.

Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition takes a multi-faceted approach to systems change by aligning on intersectional goals with statewide power-building organizations and small grassroots groups for policy change and disruption. The organization operates within an understanding that the root causes of climate change are racism, capitalism, and the hetero-patriarchy, with the impact of these oppressive systems falling on BIPOC and low-income communities.

Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition

The Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition (MWBDC) seeks to develop and implement equitable strategies to achieve zero emissions from the Midwestern building sector by 2050.

MoveMI Transportation Alliance

Michigan’s transportation system fails too many people: It’s too expensive, too dangerous, provides too few options, and produces too much pollution. This alliance is changing Michigan’s transportation priorities to put people first by bringing clean transportation advocates together into one statewide coalition.

NMARD: Northern Michigan Alliance for Responsible Development

This coalition grew out of the opposition to data centers but generally supports the ethical improvement and adjustment of technology in Northern Michigan.

Oil and Water Don’t Mix

Oil & Water Don’t Mix is a coalition of organizations and citizens across Michigan working to keep oil out of the Great Lakes and spur a transition to a clean energy economy. Areas of focus include concerns about water quality, Indigenous rights, climate change, pollution, sustainable economies, protecting sporting, commerce, and tourism, and all the jobs that are dependent on our water and the Pure Michigan way of life. Together, we are working for the shutdown of Line 5, Michigan’s most prominent threat to all of those things.

The RE-AMP Network

The RE-AMP Network’s mission is to set a collective strategy and enable collaboration on climate solutions in the Midwest. Our North Star Goal is to equitably eliminate greenhouse gas emissions in the Midwest by 2050.

Water Equals Life

Water Equals Life is a coalition of local, statewide, and national organizations that believe in the vital importance of water for sustaining life and fostering healthy communities. Their alliance stands resolute in advocating to end water shutoffs and championing a pivotal bill that institutes fair and sustainable rate-based water billing, transcending mere water assistance.

US Climate Action Network

The US Climate Action Network is a coalition of more than 1900 civil society organizations that strive to work towards fighting climate change and addressing the climate crisis in a just and equitable way. USCAN creates a powerful collective force for bold, urgent climate action at all levels of government.