Ours to Protect - Grand Rapids

Wherever you call home, we share this core belief. Michigan is ours to protect.

We’re all troubled by a federal agenda aimed to deregulate, defund and threaten the things we hold close: our air, waters, people and places we love. Repairing that federal architecture may take a generation—so we Michiganders have to step up. And the Michigan Environmental Council has the expertise and immense network to do just that. The Ours to Protect event series invites you into a conversation about what those solutions look like, and how you can help protect our state.

This event will focus on our work to combat federal actions that demand investment in dirty energy. In West Olive, Consumer Energy’s JH Campbell coal plant was scheduled to close this year—something that was set to save Michigan ratepayers $600 million by 2040. The federal administration recently ordered that the plant stay open to support their desire to invest in dirty coal, despite it costing consumers $615,000 every day to operate.

That’s why we’re advocating for the closure of Michigan’s remaining coal plants, including JH Campbelll; intervening in utility resource planning to ensure they’re investing in clean energy production; and working to protect Michiganders from the passed-on costs of operating facilities that otherwise would have been closed.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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