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The decision removes safeguards implemented in 2024 that strengthened mercury limits for lignite-burning plants, reduced other toxic metals like arsenic and lead, and improved emissions monitoring.

On Feb. 12, 2026, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced  the department’s decision to rescind the Endangerment Finding,  a 2009 rule that enabled the EPA to regulate six key well-mixed greenhouse gases, including CO2 and methane, as air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The EPA’s announcement says it is repealing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulations for all motor vehicles and engines from 2012 to 2027 and beyond. Given that the transportation sector accounts for one

Michigan health practitioners have long borne witness to the detrimental impacts of mis- and disinformation. Whether it's bad-faith speculation about the efficacy of proven public health interventions or polluters who deny and downplay their liability, we know that when industries set their own rules, they act only in their best interest and often to the detriment of the public's well-being. Nowhere is this more apparent than with fossil fuel companies that have lobbied exten

As published in Bridge Michigan on Nov. 14, 2025. By Teresa Homsi and Alex Rabin The Dan E. Karn Power Plant in Essexville, Michigan is also owned by Consumers Energy and was decommissioned in 2023. Photo courtesy of creative commons. Joining a slew of retired coal power plants in the state, the J.H. Campbell Generating Plant’s planned closure in West Olive was meant to signal the beginning of a new era – one where our energy needs can be met by cleaner, more sustainable mean

As published in the Midland Daily News on July 30, 2025. By Lisa Del Buono Line 5 marker in the Mackinac Straits Leaders from MyMichigan Health submitted a letter to the Daily News (July 22, " Health Care relies on energy . We disagree. The need for the pipeline’s petroleum products has been significantly overstated. Our organization, the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action, supports efforts to hold utilities accountable to provide affordable and reliable energy. As a netw