FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Contact: Dan Farough 517-643-2949 c 517-999-6343 Leigh Fifelski 248-321-4579 TIME Exposes ‘Clean Coal’ Myth; Coal-Burning Puts MI Future at Risk MI citizens urge end to state’s coal rush, which threatens health and economy LANSING – TIME Magazine this week exposed the myth of so-called “clean coal” at plants…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Jan. 6th, 2009 Contact: Dan Farough (517) 999-3646 Office (517) 643-2949 Cell Leigh Fifelski (248) 321-4579 Cell Citizens Hit by Coal Rush Urge Governor to Crack Down on CO2 MI DEQ opening floodgates to coal, which will chase out clean energy jobs; citizens take a stand at hearing on Rogers City…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAN FAROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 2008 (517) 999-3646 Progressive groups tell McCain not to pull out of Michigan until he explains his support for outsourcing, failed economic policies LANSING – Citizen group Progress Michigan today called on John McCain to come back to Michigan to fully explain his refusal to stand…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski September 30, 2008 (517) 999-3646-Office (248) 321-4579-Cell Middle Class Families Feel Burn of Shift from Employer-Based LANSING – With ordinary Americans increasingly struggling under the combined impact of the banking and health care crises, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is preparing to release a report that details…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 McCain’s Energy Photo-Op Attempts to Hide Dismal Record McCain opposes renewable energy, bio-fuels; pushes tax giveaways to Big Oil LANSING — Citizens group Progress Michigan today exposed John McCain as a flip-flopper on energy and called his visit to a Dow Corning solar panel…
Survey Finds Voters in Support of Restricting CO2 Pollution from Coal Plants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 LANSING – The Sierra Club, Progress Michigan, and Clean Energy Now released a statewide poll today which found overwhelming support for stronger protections against global warming carbon dioxide pollution before more coal…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 (517) 999-3646 United Healthcare is part of bogus campaign to fool public FARMINGTON HILLS – Citizens and healthcare reform groups rallied today outside the United Healthcare headquarters to unmask the insurance industry’s role in a bogus campaign to fool the public and protect its massive…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 CONTACT: DAN FAROUGH (517) 643-2949 Citizens’ groups rally as McCain visits nuclear power plant in Monroe MONROE – Citizens concerned about the outsourcing of good-paying jobs and bad trade deals gathered at a rally today to hold Sen. John McCain accountable for his failed record of job losses…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 Office 517.643.2949 Cell http://progressmichigan.org Groups unleash accountability campaign to protect Michigan’s energy future LANSING – With a 12-foot-tall effigy of Sen. Patty Birkholz and a 20-foot-tall inflatable coal plant looming over the State Capitol grounds, environmental watchdog groups today called on Michigan citizens to…
Do we really need more bottled water? Recent legislation passed by the Michigan Senate certainly moves us in that direction. Among the many things that SB 860 does to help open up Michigan’s water to corporate interests, it allows for up to two million gallons of water to be withdrawn each day without any kind…