Where US Efficiency and Emissions Rules Mean New Jobs: $6 Billion in industrial development, thousands of jobs in Michigan

By Keith Schneider US Climate Action Network On Friday, May 21, President Obama gathered in the Rose Garden the chiefs of his transportation and environmental departments to take the next big step to leverage federal climate policy and clean energy investment to spur new job growth. The president directed Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood and [...]

Petition Urges Michigan Energy Company to Look Beyond Coal

A proposed Michigan coal plant is a bad investment, say the protestors launching a statewide petition drive urging Consumers Energy, the state’s largest utility, to drop plans to build it. Traveling across the state, representatives from the Sierra Club, Clean Water Action and Michigan Citizen Action invited residents to sign the petition asking Consumers Energy [...]