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Governor Whitmer Moves Forward with Climate Action Plans, Appoints Ecology Center Staff and Board to Key Panel

Governor Gretchen Whitmer took the first critical steps this week toward meeting the state’s carbon reduction goals, which she’d established in a 2020 executive order.

Press ReleaseMichigan joins 27 states considering toxic chemical policies in 2021

Toxic PFAS regulation and clean-up driving the majority of more than 180 expected policies for this year
(Lansing, MI)—Safer States today released its annual analysis of anticipated state-level...

From Resistance to Persistence

22 year-old National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman emerged as the breakout star of the recent Presidential Inauguration with her powerful delivery of “The Hill...

Green and Healthy Affordable Housing: Modeling a Solution for Environment and Economic Justice

Everyone deserves a healthy place to live. That’s what the Ecology Center’s motto of “healthy people, healthy planet” is about. It’s about promoting environments where...

PFAS in Cookware and Bakeware and Healthier Choices: An EcoLive Event

During this event, our Healthy Stuff team shared the results of the soon to be released study of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in...

Press ReleaseUndisclosed PFAS coatings common on cookware, research shows

(Ann Arbor, MI)--New findings from the Ecology Center on nonstick cookware show that despite growing concern about the toxicity of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS,...

Prop C Win Advances Climate and Economic Justice

The world’s eyes have been laser-focused on the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election this month, but we want to make sure that you didn’t...

Ann Arbor poised to pass state’s first comprehensive EV Readiness ordinance

Electric cars are coming. We need to be ready for them with adequate charging capacity, or else face costly infrastructure retrofits later.
by Elizabeth Harlow

Environmental, Climate Groups Endorse Ann Arbor Proposal C for Affordable Housing

Six leading environmental and climate organizations today announced their endorsement of Ann Arbor Proposal C, the ballot proposal to fund affordable housing.
“If the Ann Arbor...

Proposition C for Affordability and Sustainability

Guest Editorial by Jonathan Levine

The Long Legacy of John Engler’s Environmental Deregulation

How Michigan Wrote the Playbook for Trump’s Federal Rollbacks
By: Lily Antor and Elizabeth Harlow

Protecting People from Toxic PFAS in our Drinking Water and Environment

In an otherwise very difficult year, we are fortunate to be able to highlight some victories related to protecting people from toxic PFAS in our...

New Study on Lead in Crumb Rubber Playgrounds in Maryland and Virginia

Two Parks Closed Due to High Lead Levels
The Ecology Center, a Michigan-based non-profit environmental organization, was contacted by the Safe Healthy Playing Fields regarding concerns...

The Ecology Center Endorses Ann Arbor Ballot Proposal C for Affordable Housing. Here's Why.

The Ecology Center strongly supports Proposal C, the proposed ballot initiative to fund affordable housing in the City of Ann Arbor. If approved, the proposal...

Governor Whitmer Establishes Climate Neutrality Goal and Council on Climate Solutions

We applaud Governor Whitmer for taking this important step and look forward to working with her to make Michigan a leader in the fight against...