Tag: Policy
Audit: Michigan must do better monitoring recreational trails
By Eric Freedman Capital News Service Michigan boasts thousands of miles of trails for snowmobilers, hikers, off-road vehicle operators, dog-walkers, bicyclists, snowshoers and horseback riders, but the Department of Natural Resources needs to improve how it monitors them. That’s the conclusion of the state Auditor General’s Office, which said DNR fell short in monitoring and […]
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Bikers crash Remembrance Day service in Sarnia: ‘Just wrong’
A disturbance involving two people wearing outlaw motorcycle gang colours at Mondayâs Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia is being condemned by the city’s mayor and police chief. Two people wearing outlaw motorcycle gang colours lined up to lay a black wreath with gang colours at the cenotaph Monday, Sarnia police said. Organizers asked the people […]
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
By Matt Simon
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
During his first time around as president, Donald Trump rolled back a bevy of environmental rules, withdrew from the Paris Agreement, and boosted the fossil fuel industry.
Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.”
Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S.
Landon Sim suspended five games for calling player ‘Mennonite’
London Knights overage forward Landon Sim was suspended five games by the Ontario Hockey League on Monday for referring to an opposing player as a Mennonite. The 20-year-old was ejected and assessed a game misconduct at the end of the first period of London’s 5-1 London win at Sault Ste. Marie on Nov. 6. The […]