Reminder to register for public online climate listening sessions on April 22 and May 5
There is still time to register for the public listening sessions the Office of Climate and Energy has scheduled for Thursday and on May 5. The sessions are meant to receive input from members of the public to help shape the MI Healthy Climate Plan, the governor’s ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reaching statewide carbon neutrality by 2050.
Details of the public listening sessions using the Zoom meeting platform:
- 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day), and 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 5
- Links to join either session are posted to Michigan.gov/Climate.
- At registration, you can choose the option of whether you would like to make a comment at either listening session.
- Each speaker will be limited to three minutes.
- Sessions are designed to gather comments and input from the public; organizers will not answer questions posed by attendees.
- Individuals needing language assistance or accommodations for effective participation at the listening sessions should contact Kimber Frantz at FrantzK@Michigan.gov or 517-284-5035 at least seven days before the event to request language, mobility, visual, hearing, translation and/or other assistance.
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Each listening session will begin with an overview of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Executive Order 2020-182 that established the Council on Climate Solutions and an explanation of how the council is structured and its role in advising the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and its Office of Climate and Energy on the development of the MI Healthy Climate Plan. The council's input will be informed by the public comments and guidance from five workgroups: Energy Production, Transmission, Distribution, and Storage; Buildings and Housing; Transportation and Mobility; Natural Working Lands and Forest Products; and Energy Intensive Industries.
Those who cannot attend the listening sessions can offer their topical comments at any time by sending an email to EGLE-ClimateSolutions@Michigan.gov.
The council is comprised of 14 state residents as well as representatives from nine state departments and agencies. EGLE Director Liesl Clark is the chair of the council, which is scheduled to meet publicly the fourth Tuesday of each month through the end of the year.
The MI Healthy Climate Plan is an effort to combat the impacts of climate change in Michigan. Climate change is having a detrimental impact on the state's environment and economy and threatens the health and well-being of residents, with communities of color and low-income Michiganders bearing a disproportionate impact of climate disruptions. Gov. Whitmer has also signed Executive Directive 2019-12, in which Michigan joined the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors from 25 states devoted to pursuing the goals of the Paris Agreement.
EGLE does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, color, marital status, disability, political beliefs, height, weight, genetic information or sexual orientation in the administration of any of its programs or activities, and prohibits intimidation and retaliation, as required by applicable laws and regulations.
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