First of all, I want to heap lavish praise on Governor-elect Rick Snyder for splitting the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality. In my view, when the state legislature approved the combination of the DNR with the DEQ, it bottle-necked the permit process and lent to the nearly 1,000 day wait [...]
There is a petition in Michigan to keep the Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes.
DNA of the Asian Carp was found in October, 2009 within 6 miles of Lake Michigan.
Attorney General Mike Cox is actively trying to force the locks in the Chicago area closed in order to keep Asian Carp from [...]
Here come the politicians
In April, during the County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, several state lawmakers spoke in favor of the plant and against the Governor.
House Minority Leader Kevin Elsenheimer stated,
“Our governor seems to have a real problem with coal-fired power plants. [...]





