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Sierra Club Michigan Chapter to honor Whitney Gravelle as Environmentalist of the Year at annual Chapter Awards ceremony
June 24, 2026
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org Marquette – Whitney Gravelle, Bay Mills Indian Community President and anti-Line 5 activist, will be honored with the Jane Elder Environmentalist of the Year award at the annual...
Macomb County residents rally around utility affordability and data center accountability at Roseville town hall
June 23, 2026
Roseville -- In the latest sign of Michiganders’ growing frustration with sky-high utility bills and the proliferation of data centers across the state, Macomb County residents joined State Sen. Veronica Klinefelt and advocates at a town hall...
Advisory: Community groups in the UP hosting People’s Hearing on federal proposal to rollback public lands protection
June 23, 2026
Contact: Emma Shedd, emma.shedd@sierraclub.orgHoughton — On Thursday June 25th, the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter, Keweenaw Youth for Climate Action, and Keweenaw Indivisible will be joined by community members for a People’s Hearing in support...
Michigan Senate Dems introduce landmark data center regulation bills that would protect the environment, ratepayers
June 18, 2026
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456Lansing – Michigan Senate Democrats introduced today a package of bills drafted to establish comprehensive regulations on large-scale data center development in Michigan, offering...
REPORT: Michigan making progress on spending federal EV charging dollars, but still has a long way to go
May 1, 2026
Amid high gas prices and a tight state budget, Michigan must do more to swiftly spend federal funding for EV charging to help drivers go electric
Sierra Club Michigan Gets A Head Start On 2026 Endorsements
April 1, 2026
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456 Lansing -- The Sierra Club Michigan Chapter is releasing its first round of early endorsements ahead of the packed 2026 statewide general election. Additional...
Sierra Club Michigan calls for a temporary moratorium and strong guardrails on data center development
February 4, 2026
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456Lansing – As Michigan is rapidly becoming a target for large-scale data center development, the Michigan Sierra Club is calling for a temporary moratorium on all data center...
Sierra Club Statement on AG Nessel's antitrust lawsuit involving fossil fuel companies
January 23, 2026
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456Lansing -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a federal antitrust lawsuit today against BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute alleging...
MPSC Fails Transparency Test by Approving DTE Data Center Deal Outside of a Formal Contested Case
December 18, 2025
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456Lansing – The Michigan Public Service Commission bent to corporate and political pressure today and granted special approvals for DTE’s 1.4-gigawatt data center project in Saline...
Environmental groups condemn House Appropriations Committee's use of archaic loophole to claw back millions of dollars from the state budget
December 12, 2025
Contact: Nora Naughton, nora.naughton@sierraclub.org, 248-345-1456Long after the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved, House Republicans are moving to recklessly and unilaterally defund $645 million in previously funded...