We’re calling on Governor Snyder  to show leadership and protect Michigan ratepayers and our environment by becoming a champion for energy efficiency.  Will you join us?

Energy efficiency programs save people money and shrink carbon footprints by helping customers reduce their need for electricity. The best ways for us to help Michiganders improve their energy efficiency is with programs that incentivize home weatherization, mechanical and lighting improvements, and upgrading to energy efficient appliances. These programs reduce utility bills, improve property values, and create thousands of skilled jobs in every corner of the state.

Sign the petition here! 

wolervine power can do better than dirty coal

Wolverine Power Cooperative, Inc.  is poised to start construction on a huge coal-fired power plant in Rogers City.  According to the Michigan Public Service Commission, the Wolverine Power Cooperative does not need this plant and building it would cause the utility to raise rates by an average of $77 each month. Updated estimates put that cost considerably higher. These higher costs would also be forced on customers of Wolverine’s member cooperatives: Cherryland, Great Lakes, HomeWorks and Presque Isle Electric & Gas Cooperatives.  

Sign the petition today to ask Wolverine to invest in clean energy solutions for Michigan!

make the clean air promise

Clean air programs are some of the most successful governmental initiatives in our history. Clean air programs have provided strong public health protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of American’s lives and prevented countless asthma attacks, heart attacks, premature deaths and other pollution-related illnesses.

We can have clean air. Make the promise today!

Tell the California Legislature and Governor Brown to support AB 591(Wieckowski). This vital bill will require disclosure about what chemicals are being used in hydraulic fracturing - better known as “fracking.” These chemicals may be poisoning our drinking water – but we can’t prove it unless we know what chemicals are being used.

Please sign the petiton! 

Michigan’s economy -- from fishing, boating and tourism to agriculture and manufacturing -- depends on water and our other natural resources. Unfortunately, a new natural gas extraction method, called multi-stage horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” threatens the safety of those resources. 

This new type of fracking uses 100 times more water than traditional drilling and extraction methods, and has led to similar increases in the volume of dangerous chemicals injected underground that threaten to permanently pollute Michigan’s water. A recent Congressional report listed 750 chemicals and compounds used in the fracking process, 29 of which are either known or possible human carcinogens or are regulated by the federal government because of other risks to human health.

Tell Governor Snyder and the State Legislature to Stop and Think about Fracking!

Coal plants are a barrier to economic progress and a hazard to public health. To attract clean energy jobs, Michigan must send a strong signal that our future lies in energy efficiency, wind, solar, advanced battery, and other clean energy technologies - not outdated, 19th-century coal. Policies that provide for the study of the need for and alternatives to new sources of generation are reasonable, common-sense measures that will help Michigan accomplish its goal of building a robust clean energy sector while protecting ratepayers and our "Pure Michigan" natural resources.