Mothers called lawmakers on May 9th in Lansing, Michigan to put partisanship aside and be MOMpartisian to make Michigan a better place to raise a family. Members of the Mothering Justice, Moms Clean Air Force, along with several other mother’s organizations gathered in the Capitol Rotunda for a rally before heading out to meet with …

This year National Park Week kicks off on April 20th and runs through April 28th. Throughout the week, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite you to discover (or re-discover) the natural beauty of our nation's national parks. An even better reason to visit? From Monday, April 22–Friday, April 26, the national …

This article is from Clean Energy Now: Environmental groups and concerned citizens are speaking out about a coal-fired power plant in Trenton that spread coal ash residue across the town on Wednesday morning. The ash, released by DTE’s Trenton Channel coal plant, which has repeatedly exceeded its stack emission limits, is loaded with carcinogens like …

WATCH our own Michigan Moms Clean Air Force organizer, Wibke Heymach testify at the March 25th Energy Forum in Detroit. LEARN why we need to include healthcare costs, along with our children’s health, in the discussion about our energy future. HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

This is a guest post written by Ahmina Maxey: In 1986 the city of Detroit constructed the world's largest municipal incinerator. It was lauded by the city's government and citizens as it was expected to bring economic prosperity to Detroit. It was thought that industries would be attracted to the city because at the time incineration, …

This was written by John Flesher for the Associated Press: On one level, it's a straightforward case of a business seeking a government permit to discharge wastewater. But when the Environmental Protection Agency rules shortly on whether to let the S.S. Badger car ferry continue dumping ash into Lake Michigan, it will be a milestone in …

The warming of the Midwest over the past few decades is already affecting public health, the Great Lakes, and farming, and fossil fuels are the main culprit, according to the new draft of the National Climate Assessment Report. The report was coordinated by 13 federal government agencies under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and …

This was written by Dr. Jeff Masters, co-founder of the Weather Underground. This post originally posted on Wunderblog, via Climate Progress: It was another year of incredible weather extremes unparalleled in American history during 2012. Eleven billion-dollar weather disasters hit the U.S., a figure exceeded only by the fourteen such disasters during the equally insane …

This piece was cross-posted from Politico and written by Jennifer Granholm: Munich RE is an insurance company: what progressives often consider a methodical, calculating, machine using cold, heartless data to maximize profits. In a report to fellow insurance companies, Munich RE noted that the number of weather-related losses had quintupled over the past thirty years. In …