Looking for things that you can do every day to impact and strengthen your community? Groundwork is capturing that sense of optimism by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work protecting the environment, strengthening the economy, and building resilient communities. We invite you to play a part.
On the Eve of Trump, Contemplating the Environmental Progress We’ve Made
Though a Trump presidency threatens to roll back progress, the United States has taken major steps to harness green energy. We’re no longer building dirty coal plants; we’re spending on billions of clean energy, here in Michigan and nationwide.
Enbridge’s Straits Pipeline Forum: More Questions than Answers
Hundreds of people turned out last week to pepper local officials and employees of Enbridge, Inc. about the 60-year-old oil pipeline running under the Mackinac Straits. They wanted to know what’s being done to prevent underwater leaks, and how a rupture would be contained before it gravely damaged one of Michigan’s most beautiful places. By the end of the meeting it was clear that opponents had more questions than Enbridge managed to answer.