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Michigan slacking on conservation spending despite ‘Pure Michigan’ campaign

By | 09.23.11 | 3:13 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

In a recent interview former Dept. of Natural Resources Director Rebecca Humphries compared the ‘Pure Michigan’ marketing campaign to “putting pretty paint on a house that is structurally unstable.”
In an interview with the Center for Michigan’s Bridge Magazine, Humphries, who led the DNR from 2006-2010, predicted that More…

EPA Gets Into the Rapping Game

By | 08.13.10 | 4:19 pm

The Hill brings us the perfect Friday afternoon August recess post. Yes, it’s true. The Environmental Protection Agency is rapping about climate change and conservation.

Mixed Reactions to Cheaper Gas

By | 10.29.08 | 7:28 pm

As I reported last week, it’s still unclear what consumers may do now that oil and gasoline prices have plummeted. A bit of news from TradingMarkets.com shows that consumers’ mixed reactions to lower gas prices are making things especially difficult for the auto industry.

Conservation Scorecard Grades Congress

By | 10.17.08 | 1:45 pm

The League of Conservation Voters today released its 2008 National Environmental Scorecard, which rates members of Congress on energy and environmental issues.

Overall, says the group’s president Gene Karpinski in a press release, “in 2008, Congress went in the wrong direction” — that is, away from reducing our country’s dependence More…