-
APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesGovernor appeals court order blocking carbon emissions plan
-Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has asked Pennsylvania’s highest court to let the centerpiece of his plan to fight climate change take effect.
00 -
APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesGOP’s energy promises face limits in Pa. governor’s race
-In Pennsylvania, the No. 2 natural gas producer after Texas, the importance of the industry is emerging as a top issue among Republican contenders for governor before the state’s May 17 primary.
-
BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesMichigan is spending big on infrastructure. Its problems are even bigger.
-Michigan officials are celebrating a “historic” deal that will pump nearly $3 billion into aging infrastructure, but advocates say the state should be spending that much — or more — every year to adequately address decades of disinvestment.
-
APClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States
Pennsylvania court blocks governor’s carbon emissions plan
-A Pennsylvania court blocked the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, the latest challenge to the effort to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.
-
AdvocacyBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesIllinois environmental justice bill would help residents prevent pollution
-Grassroots leaders of successful fights against coal plants and petcoke are taking the lead: “Communities must have a way to be involved in a permitting process that is really broken,” one said.
-
CollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota bill aims to close a gap on funding for ‘pre-weatherization’ work
-A suburban state lawmaker’s bill would supplement federal weatherization funding over the next three years, nearly doubling the money available and providing crucial flexibility to cover “pre-weatherization” work.
-
APBudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismThe StatesTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Gov. Whitmer signs over $4.7B for infrastructure
-Michigan is investing more than $4.7 billion to improve infrastructure, including drinking water upgrades, internet access and fixing roads, bridges and dams.
-
APBudgetDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintGrand RapidsInfrastructureMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Legislature approves $4.8B infrastructure plan
-Michigan lawmakers approved $4.8 billion in spending, mostly for infrastructure upgrades, with an influx of federal pandemic and other funds that will go toward water systems and more.
-
AdvocacyClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeHistory and CultureInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBlack Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden
-Climate change, shifting populations, and infrastructure development in risky areas compound future flood loss risk.
-
APGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEvers lashes out at conservatives over PFAS standards
-Democratic Gov. Tony Evers lashed out at conservative members of the Department of Natural Resources policy board for refusing to set limits on PFAS in Wisconsin’s groundwater.
