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Michigan AG Weighs in on DTE's Nexus Cases
Posted in Energy & Climate 2 years, 3 months ago
Michigan's Attorney General is weighing in on appeal cases dealing with DTE Electric Company's contracts with affiliate owned, Nexus Gas Pipeline, stating that it is a "reckless gamble with ratepayer money". Read more about the case against DTE Electric and the AG's involvement here.
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Posted in Coal Plants , Energy & Climate , Firm News 2 years, 5 months ago
Olson, Bzdok & Howard represents environmental groups and residential customers in another rate case. For more information, you can read the full Detroit Free Press article here.
Read more... / 0 commentsOBH Client Citizens to Keep Rives Rural advocates against proposed power plant at Rives Township Planning Commission Meeting
Posted in Energy & Climate 2 years, 6 months ago
The recent efforts of the grassroots citizens group Citizens to Keep Rives Rural (CKRR) to protect their community from a massive 1,800 MW natural gas-fired power plant have been receiving great media coverage this week on Michigan NPR and WLNS.
Read more... / 0 commentsThe City of Mackinac Island's Line 5 Legal Challenge Gaining Media Coverage
Posted in Clean Water Act , Energy & Climate , Public Trust Doctrine 2 years, 10 months ago
The legal challenge to Enbridge's Line 5 on behalf of the City of Mackinac Island, the Straits of Mackinac Alliance and Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians has been getting further media coverage. Click here to view the article in the Petoskey News.
Read more... / 0 commentsUN Takes Steps to Recognize Role of Local Government in Combating Climate Change
Posted in Energy & Climate 3 years ago
The international community closed out 2018 by agreeing on the “rulebook” for implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice, Poland, known as “COP24.”
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