Dramatic progress in our nation has always sprung from the same well: our people and our communities. Always. We see that today in the push for a clean energy transition. Despite endless obstructionism at the state and federal levels, our families and our communities...
ABOVE PHOTO: "The Great Lakes Business Network is corporate advocacy that fits my values—protecting this precious place."—Jim Lively Today I’m excited to pay my membership dues and join the Great Lakes Business Network! For most of you, that process might have been a...
Above: Protector of the planet, inspirer of people, friend to all dogs, Jim Lively. When I joined the Michigan Land Use Institute in 2000, it was an upstart, brash group of journalists making waves with government officials and developers by wielding incisive writing...
This commentary first published in Crain's Detroit Business, March 16, 2022 A day will come when Michigan and the entire United States must make sweeping and dramatic changes to combat global warming. We can say that with certainty because, as a vast body of climate...
[Friends, we are sharing here the press release we sent about this important moment in the Line 5 oil tunnel permitting case. Your support makes work like this possible. Thank you.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Allowing...
State of the State is usually a night like no other at Michigan’s capitol. Under normal circumstances, both bodies of the legislature convene jointly in the House chamber, with invited poohbas and various VIPs from the ranks of business and local government. The...