Don't let polluters write the rules

Can you imagine giving a company like Enbridge Energy, which owns the pipeline under the Mackinac Straits, the final say in how much oil they must clean up after a spill? Senate Bills 652 and 653 create two new panels to oversee environmental permitting and regulation. Shockingly, the individuals appointed to these panels--as called for in the legislation--will represent business interests that directly profit from the discharge of pollutants into Michigan’s air and water.

Stacked with individuals representing the very businesses being regulated, these panels would decide the “appropriate” levels of toxic smokestack emissions and how clean a contaminated ...

Can you imagine giving a company like Enbridge Energy, which owns the pipeline under the Mackinac Straits, the final say in how much oil they must clean up after a spill? Senate Bills 652 and 653 create two new panels to oversee environmental permitting and regulation. Shockingly, the individuals appointed to these panels--as called for in the legislation--will represent business interests that directly profit from the discharge of pollutants into Michigan’s air and water.

Stacked with individuals representing the very businesses being regulated, these panels would decide the “appropriate” levels of toxic smokestack emissions and how clean a contaminated site must be before its owners walk away. This is not only horrible news for our health and Michigan’s natural resources, it’s a stunning conflict of interest.

We can’t let polluters write their own rules. Urge your Representative to vote no

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I'm urging you to vote no on the resolution that would overturn Executive Order 2019-2 issued by Governor Whitmer on Monday, February 4.

This EO is in no way in violation of Governor Whitmer's executive powers. If allowed to go into effect, here are some of the ways in which the EO would help protect the people and environment of Michigan:

EO 2019-2 would eliminate the environmental rules review and permit oversight committees that were created by the legislature last year (“Fox Guarding the Hen House” legislation). These panels were heavily dominated by representatives from industry and the regulated community. By working against this EO, the legislature is handing environmental authority over to an unelected, unaccountable body of industry representatives.

The EO would create an Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team and an environmental justice public advocate and drinking water public advocate to investigate and respond to citizen complaints. Without these offices, our most vulnerable citizens are more likely to suffer from environmental justice issues, like the Flint water crisis.

Lastly, the EO creates an Office of Energy and Climate Change, and the resolution would prevent this from happening. Already, we can see the signs of climate change taking hold in Michigan (i.e. the deadly Polar Vortex). We need to begin making a concerted effort to combat climate change.

For these reasons, as your constituent, I am urging you to vote no on this resolution.

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