Stop More Dangerous Coal Plant Emissions!

Global warming is the most significant environmental and humanitarian emergency that our planet has ever faced and the Governor's leadership is critical is at this pivotal moment in our fight. 

Sign the petition below and urge the Governor to continue her leadership in the fight against climate change by issuing an executive order that directs the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.

We, the undersigned, applaud Governor Jennifer Granholm for her efforts to help stop the advance of global warming, including a strong proposed renewable energy standard requiring Michigan produce at least 25% of our electricity from non-polluting, renewable sources by 2025 and recruitment of renewable energy manufacturing jobs to Michigan.

To reach these goals and to decrease the emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), we ask that Governor Granholm direct the Department of Environmental Quality to regulate CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants and other operations as a global warming pollutant in all future air quality decisions. Coal-fired power plants already have serious negative impacts on public health, and today they are a major force behind global warming. Global warming is the most significant environmental and humanitarian emergency that has ever faced our planet; Michigan must play a leading role in reducing emissions of CO2, a significant cause of global warming. 

Supported by:  

4 Towns Citizen Action Group, Adrian Dominican Sisters, Anglers of the AuSable, Center for Environmental Inquiry, Michigan Energy Alternatives, Citizens for Water and Clean Sky, Clean Water Action, Dwight Lydell Chapter - The Izaak Walton League,  Earth Matters Alliance, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, Ecology Center, Environment Michigan, Freshwater Future, Global Exchange, Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters, HealthCare for Clean Water and Air, Huron Environmental Activists League, Michigan Interfaith Power and Light, Kalamazoo Environmental Council, League of Conservation Voters, Lone Tree Council, Macomb NOW, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, Michigan Environmental Council, Michigan Land Use Institute, Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition, Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice, Midland CARES, Progress Michigan, Republicans for Environmental Protection, Sierra Club, St. Clair Channel Keeper, Sustainable Research Group,  Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, West Michigan Environmental Action Council, Thomas J Newhouse Design, WILPF Detroit Branch, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Alternate Energy Solutions, AuSable Big Water Preservation Association, and Student Environmental Coalition of Grand Valley