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10 Cents a Meal Goes Statewide!
We are doing a happy dance!!! 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids & Farms has been expanded statewide!
Michigan can’t wait until 2050 to reach zero emissions, environmentalists say
A letter signed by representatives of 40 organizations says the state needs an accelerated timeline for phasing out carbon emissions. Though environmental groups applauded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order this week as a first step in putting the state on a path to carbon...
Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order Makes Michigan National Climate Leader
Kate Madigan is Director of theMichigan Climate Action Network With the stroke of her pen, Governor Whitmer’s climate executive order today makes Michigan a national leader on climate change, and marks a turning point in our state, igniting the tremendous economic and...
800 Signatures for 10 Cents a Meal Letter!
We asked, and you signed! 800 people and organizations signed on to the letter we sent to Michigan lawmakers asking them to expand 10 Cents a Meal funding to cover the entire state, including Detroit.
Justin Snowden Talks Micro-Mobility in the Motor City
Detroit got us off the sidewalks and into our cars. Now urban planners see the need to reverse that scenario: get people on bikes, e-scooters and on their feet, for the health of our people and our community cohesion. Justin Snowden, chief of Mobility Strategy, City of Detroit shares insight.