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Michigan League of Conservation Voters
ON MAR. 5, the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) released its 2013 - 2014 “How Green is Your Governor? Report Card,” assigning Governor Snyder an overall letter grade of “C” for the second half of his first term in…
EDITORIAL: Michigan League of Conservation Voters’ Reportcard
THE MLCV CLAIMS to be a nonpartisan group. However, the group’s staff and Board of Directors are populated by former Democratic elected officials and individuals who have endorsed, and donated to Democratic candidates in Ann Arbor. We have…
ENVIRONMENT: Michigan League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard Grades The State’s U.S. Congressional Delegation
MICHIGAN LCV UNVEILED scores for the Michigan delegation as part of the League of Conservation Voters 2013 National Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard reflects a jarring disconnect between a record-breaking year of climate change…
Michigan Sierra Club Endorses Vivienne Armentrout in Ward 5 Council Race
On June 30, 2012, the The Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group, and Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter announced that the groups had bestowed one of the most sought after political endorsements in the United States onto Fifth Ward Council…
Dirty Air + Contaminated Water = Glowing Enviro Endorsements in One Michigan County
“John Hieftje has the strongest environmental record of any Mayor in the Midwest. He’s championed the city’s Greenbelt, the clean energy initiative, commuter rail, bicycling and our terrific parks system. These programs set Ann Arbor apart.…
Fourth Ward Dem Incumbent Margie Teall Launches Campaign Website Fit For a Republican
by P.D. Lesko
Margie Teall is not one of the Ann Arbor City Council members who used to be a Republican, changed parties, then ran as Democrats. She's one of the Democrats on Ann Arbor City Council who votes like a Republican, squeezes pay…
Mother (Jones) Rolls Eyes While Michigan Enviros Laud Rep. Dingell’s “Green” Record
by P.D. Lesko
It's no surprise Republican Rob Steele couldn't unseat Representative John Dingell in 2010. However, Steele's run, which campaign emails intimated would be financed with the doctor's own "fortune," rattled Team Dingell.…
Sierra Club Endorses Jane Lumm in Ann Arbor Ward 2 City Council Race
by P.D. Lesko
Despite her continued opposition to the city's Greenbelt millage, money that city officials have used to purchase thousands of acres of land (tip o' the keyboard to Rita Mitchell), including farmland, in the area…