Items Tagged with 'Gretchen Whitmer'

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says state agencies must coordinate to avoid duplication during permit application review processes for large infrastructure projects

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won't shut oil and gas pipeline but threatens to seize proceeds if owner Enbridge keeps it operating even as the energy giant gains first permits for replacement tunnel.

Citing spill risks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) set a May 13 deadline to shut down the portion of the oil and natural gas line that runs through the straits of Mackinac between the state and Ontario, but Canada opposes closure.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,

County judge allows restart but orders more documentation from owner Enbridge to state and federal officials on repairs to damaged east leg before it can reopen.

County judge closes damaged and undamaged legs of 67-year-old line, with June 30 date set for owner to provide update on pipe condition.

ABC of Greater Michigan lawsuit alleges that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) construction opening executive orders eliminate due process and increase penalties for contractors without new laws being passed to do so.

10,000 Midland County, Mich., residents were forced to leave their homes when heavy rains May 19 and 20 swelled the Titabawassee River to a record high and caused the Edenville and Sanford dams to fail.

New executive order will open up the state's residential and commercial construction sectors. Public works projects were already exempted from Michigan's stay-at-home order.

Midwest states with large-population, metropolitan areas mostly plan to extend stay-at-home orders, while smaller population states never had a stay-at-home order to begin with or are planning to let them expire as reported cases of COVID-19 decrease.