Long-awaited dam safety reforms move closer to law after Michigan Senate voteThe Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to overhaul Michigan’s lax dam safety laws, moving long-awaited reforms one vote away from reaching Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Both legislative chambers have now approved versions of two companion bills sponsored by Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, and Rep. Bill G. Schuette, R-Midland, to strengthenPittsburgh Tribune-Review3d agoWhole story →JusticePlanetGretchen WhitmerS 947HR 5485michigan dam safety reform vote
Citizen collaboration drives PFAS Awareness Week successesGovernor Gretchen Whitmer last week declared September 21-25, 2026 Michigan’s first ever PFAS Awareness Week. The multi-day event will have a lasting impactEUROPE SAYS4d agoWhole story →PlanetGretchen Whitmerpfas awareness week
Whitmer urges Enbridge to shut down Line 5 within months, calls pipeline a threat to Great LakesGov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to Enbridge's outgoing CEO urging the company to stop using Line 5 and find an alternative to the 73-year-old pipeline rather than wait for a tunnel that could be a decade away.CBS News25d agoWhole story →PlanetGretchen Whitmerline 5 pipeline dispute
Michigan tribes urge regulators to block Enbridge tunnel permitsThe move comes one day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s environmental director said the state must reassess permits issued in July.Green Bay Press-Gazette25d agoWhole story →PlanetGretchen Whitmerline 5 tunnel permits dispute
Trump lifts stop-work order on Great Lakes invasive carp barrierThe resumption of work on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project in Illinois comes after a direct appeal to President Trump by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Detroit Free Press1mo agoWhole story →PlanetGretchen Whitmerinvasive carp barrier project restart
The Trump administration halted a Great Lakes project. Then Whitmer called TrumpThe Trump administration is allowing construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes to move forward. News that a stop-work order had been lifted followed a phone call between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump. The unplanned call was yet another example of the Democratic…The Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mo agoWhole story →PlanetGretchen Whitmerinvasive carp project halt lifted
