Blog tagged as Environment

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) screwed up when it barred evidence as it considered whether to allow the Great Lakes Tunnel Project to house Line 5, multiple attorneys told an appeals panel Tuesday.

Republican legislators are up in arms about the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) proposal to lease 420 acres of Otsego County land for a solar energy farm.

Legislation known as “polluter pay,” bills designed to crack down on entities that pollute property and don't clean it up, passed the Senate shortly after 5 a.m. Friday morning, a win for environmentalists who have long sought the policy.

The three-bill package designed to raise more revenue for state parks would require drivers to opt-out of the recreational passport when renewing their vehicle tabs every year.

The latest proposal to ask voters to expand the state's 10-cent bottle bill to include other containers received a thumbs-down from the Michigan Environmental Council, which doesn't like that the proceeds from the measure would be used to expand recycling capacity and not environmental cleanup.