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The Sierra Club has joined the effort to designate 51,000 acres of National Forest Land in Michigan as Wilderness. Sierra Club has a long history in Michigan. We were the leaders of the coalition which passed the Michigan Wilderness Bill in...

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On Wednesday, our long campaign to end the use of coal in Michigan has achieved a significant step. The Sierra Club  and a group of intervenors, announced a settlement agreement with DTE Energy on their energy plan, formally known as an ‘...

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The Michigan Sierra Club is bidding a fond farewell to one of the most transformative members of our staff after twelve years of outstanding leadership and innovation. Mike Berkowitz’s skill at organizing and policy advocacy, as well as his...

When Rhonda Anderson became the first full-time environmental justice organizer in southeastern Michigan she recognized that changing the approach of a large environmental organization with little experience addressing the harm caused...

One of the reasons that farmland is in demand for solar is that large tracts of cleared, flat land are highly desirable for solar development. It is understandable that there is some concern over food production land being used for other purposes....

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Juneteenth, a federal holiday, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and celebrates the end of slavery in the country. On June 19,1865 , Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved...