Two months ago, a group of environmental and clean energy groups issued a report examining how well Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s climate change action plan would actually meet its target of statewide net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The “2030 Report” concluded that Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan would need to be bolder to collectively reduce emissions from the electricity generation, transportation, building and industrial sectors.
The environmental groups’ report also was released a month before Democrats achieved a trifecta in state government, retaining the executive branch and gaining a majority in the state House and Senate.
According to clean energy advocates and utility officials, that changes the calculation when lawmakers return in January.
“A plan is only as good as you implement it, and that’s going to be a really important piece of the puzzle,”…
Michigan’s clean energy transition continues with federal laws, utility plans, state political shift
