{"id":2017250,"date":"2023-08-30T18:56:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-backs-plan-to-use-100-clean-energy-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T18:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:58:37","slug":"whitmer-backs-plan-to-use-100-clean-energy-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-backs-plan-to-use-100-clean-energy-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer supports Michigan&#8217;s 100% &#8216;clean energy&#8217; plan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhitmer-backs-plan-to-use-100-clean-energy-in-michigan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. \u2063Gretchen \u2063Whitmer Pushes \u2062for 100% Clean\u2062 Energy Standard in\u2062 Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) is urging lawmakers to pass a groundbreaking 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-manchin-democrats-turned-their-back-on-w-va\/\" title=\"Sen. Manchin: Democrats turned their back on W.Va.\">clean energy standard<\/a>, positioning Michigan \u200dto \u2063join a\u2062 growing number \u2064of states\u200b committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amtrak-drops-7-3-billion-on-eco-friendly-trains\/\" title=\"Amtrak Drops .3 Billion On Eco-Friendly Trains\">reducing carbon emissions<\/a> \u200dfrom the\u200d power\u2064 sector. In a compelling address titled &#8220;What&#8217;s Next,&#8221; the Democratic governor\u200c outlined her\u200c ambitious legislative \u2062agenda, which\u2064 includes a mandate for all energy production to come from \u200brenewable sources like \u200cwind \u200band solar. While she did not provide a specific timeline, Whitmer emphasized the potential benefits of this proposal\u2064 for Michiganders, using the year 2050 as a benchmark.<\/p>\n<h3>Achieving\u200d Clean \u2063Energy and\u200c Economic Growth<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We have\u200b the power to achieve 100% clean energy while simultaneously creating jobs,\u200b reducing costs, and reclaiming billions\u2062 of our federal tax dollars from Washington to invest in Michigan,&#8221; Whitmer declared passionately.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the \u2063clean energy standard, Whitmer is also advocating for the strengthening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-sue-virginia-governor-over-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative\/\" title=\"Environmental groups sue Virginia governor over RGGI.\">energy efficiency programs<\/a> and reforms \u200bto\u2063 the Michigan Public Service Commission. Proposed \u200bchanges to the commission include streamlining the approval \u2062process for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-latest-budget-proposal\/\" title=\"5 Things You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s Latest Budget Proposal\">clean energy projects<\/a> and empowering the commission to consider climate and \u200dequity factors in their regulatory decisions.<\/p>\n<h3>Putting the MI Healthy Climate Plan into Action<\/h3>\n<p>Whitmer has been steadfast in her commitment to \u2064implementing her\u2064 administration&#8217;s &#8220;MI Healthy \u2064Climate \u200bPlan&#8221; since \u200cits unveiling in \u200cApril of last year. The plan sets\u2062 a goal of achieving economy-wide carbon\u200b neutrality by\u200c 2050 and calls for a renewable energy standard of 50% by 2030. Democratic lawmakers \u2063have introduced their own plan, advocating for a 60% \u2062clean energy standard \u200bby 2030 and aiming for 100% carbon-free \u200benergy by 2035. While Whitmer \u200bdid not explicitly endorse the timeline, Lt. Gov.\u2064 Garlin\u2064 Gilchrist II expressed support for the more ambitious standard.<\/p>\n<h3>Promising \u200dProspects for \u200cProgress<\/h3>\n<p>With \u200bDemocrats currently in control of both\u2062 the \u2062governor&#8217;s mansion and the state legislature,\u2062 there is \u2064a real possibility \u2064for movement on this proposal. Democratic lawmakers in \u2062the Michigan House have been collaborating with the governor&#8217;s office to overcome obstacles\u2064 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-backs-plan-to-use-100-clean-energy-in-michigan\/\" title=\"Whitmer supports Michigan's 100% 'clean energy' plan.\">approving large-scale \u200csolar \u200cenergy \u2063projects<\/a>, as local townships \u2062have frequently impeded their development. Addressing these challenges is crucial to achieving broader energy \u200bgoals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Whitmer\u200d issued an executive directive\u2064 setting the target of\u2062 achieving\u2064 economy-wide \u200bcarbon neutrality by 2050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) urges lawmakers to pass a 100% clean energy standard, aligning Michigan with other states in reducing carbon emissions from the power sector. In her address to state legislators and leaders, the Democratic governor emphasized the importance of this move for the future of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2017251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}