
Michigan Environmental Council Water is one of our natural advantages in attracing business and residents. It's one that will probably grow stronger over time. Do we want to market it (and/or discount it) as Milwaukee is doing?
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A Milwaukee proposal would offer reduced water rates for up to five years to businesses that bring in at least 25 jobs.

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Real
Christmas trees: Better forMichigan's economy and for the planet, and
your kids (Fake trees come from China, chock-full of petrochemicals,
toxic lead and other bad stuff in addition to the fuel to ship them all
that way)
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Octavian Cantilli | The Grand Rapids PressVormittag Tree Farm owner John Vormittag walks through his fields in Grand Rapids. View photo galleryTALLMADGE TOWNSHIP -- State officials came here Friday trying to extend the "Buy Local" movement to fresh Christmas trees.

Michigan Environmental Council Great column by Peter Sinclair on how clean energy is making a huge difference today!
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Michigan Environmental Council MEC's David Gard in today's Lansing State Journal
Gard: Clean energy is critical to a more secure U.S. | lansingstatejournal.com | Lansing State Journ
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While serving as a naval officer in 1994, I took part in a U.S.-led mission to provide relief to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing Haiti. Political unrest had erupted in part due to a damaged natural resource base that could not support the population. ...

Michigan Environmental Council Upgrades for high speed Chicago-Detroit trains would curb pollution, boost economy
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Proposed improvements that would help pave the way for high-speed train service between Detroit and Chicago could be an economic boost to Michigan’s cities while reducing pollution and traffic congestion, ...

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reporting from Denmark:
http://www.environmentalcouncil.org/prio rities/hotTopicDetails.php?x=15 http://www.environmentalcouncil.org/prio rities/hotTopicDetails.php?x=15
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MEC's Hugh McDiarmid is part of a delegation in Denmark, exchanging information to help Michigan forge green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas pollution

Michigan Environmental Council MEC's Hugh McDiarmid is in Denmark all week with a Michigan delegation prepping for the Copenhagen Climate Summit. Follow his updates on Twitter! http://twitter.com/mechugh
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Communications Director, Michigan Environmental Council

Michigan Environmental Council Welcome to MEC's new Facebook fan page! For those of you coming over from our MEC group page, thanks for following us over. We expect this new format to allow us -- and you -- to be more visual, interactive and dynamic in generating discussion and feedback on ways to help protect Michigan's spectacular natural resources and quality of life!
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