Vape Recycling: Handbuilt Lobbies State Senators To Regulate eWaste
Michiganders throw out hundreds of thousands of vapes each year, if not more. This is an environmental disaster, but one we can mitigate with better eWaste recycling.
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Policy
“The Old And The Wealthy Will Help Us Grow The State!” – Gretchen Whitmer
The Governor’s office released its list of members of a new state board aimed at reversing population loss in the MItten. The board is generally very wealthy and very old.
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SCOTUS Uses 14th Amendment To Kill Affirmative Action. What’s Next?
Affirmative action is officially dead, and the well-meaning liberal spin machine has already kicked into high gear to complain about how this signals the demise of racial justice in America. Thankfully, it’s far more complicated than that, and there are probably better solutions for us out there.
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Michigan SB 271: Not-So-Lofty Goals Face Off Against Fossil Fuels
Michigan’s Senate is currently working on an energy bill that would require utilities to adopt a 100% renewable portfolio standard by 2035. It’s a good start, but there are a few holes that need to be plugged.
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Michigan, The New American Capital of… Weed?
Rollin’ down the Lodge, smokin’ indo, sippin’ that duly-regulated cannabis beverage. Laid back, with our minds on our excise tax revenue and our excise tax revenue on our minds.
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Why Regulating Methane, Not CO2, Is Key to Climate Policy
Carbon dioxide is often the bad guy in the climate change debate. But methane– mostly from anthropogenic sources- is a far more potent greenhouse gas. And, unlike carbon dioxide, methane emissions are virtually all a product of waste (rather than the product of combustion from, say, burning a gas like methane). Reduce waste = reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Republicans Hate ESG. What That Is, And Why It Matters.
Republicans have a new target: the woke agenda of “creating better market information.” It’s not a good look for a party that is really grasping at straws, but it also strains credulity to imagine that companies shouldn’t do things that they think are in their best interest.
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Dig Once, The Most Important Policy You’ve Never Heard Of
What if it were possible for us to have our cake, eat it too, AND save 80% or more on infrastructure costs? No, this isn’t the opening to a late night infomercial– it’s the introduction to a neat little idea called Dig Once!
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Can Utilities Be Held Financially Liable For Outages?
In the aftermath of recent power outages that saw as much as 20% of the population of the state of Michigan without power, this article outlines some ideas on what specific things we should be asking about or thinking about in trying to hold utilities accountable.
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Right-To-Renew, And Other Things
Gentrification and predatory housing practices led policymakers in Ann Arbor to create a new “right-to-renew” ordinance. Could it be a valuable tool in the fight for tenant protections?
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