Michigan Megasite Update, Whitmer News and Call to Action 9/11/23

Sept dates you need to know to help keep some power in local boards and townships & why. Marshall and Gotion Update, Whitmer's Clean Energy Aspirations, the truth about wind and solar, & another article on Whitmer for President. Let's discuss.

Events to Attend
https://edraofmi.org/events

Water Conference:
https://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/mi-environment/2023/08/30/great-lakes-water-infrastructure-conference-coming-to-kalamazoo-september-19-to-21
https://egle.idloom.events/GLWIC2023

Actions To Take: Contact Representatives About:
Keeping Zoning Legal
https://edraofmi.org/action

HB4479 & HB 4480 (Heather Dow X Account - https://twitter.com/PatriotPostGirl/status/1700233660979368009?s=20 )
https://t.co/UqgdLiO79S
https://t.co/HmfA7OGcO6

Muskegon River Dams -

https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/consumers-energy-investigates-potential-sale-dams-18288072.php
Whitmer pushing clean energy
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/whitmer-pushes-clean-energy-paid-leave-michigan-offers-few-specifics#:~:text=Solar%2C%20wind%20permits%20move%20to,delayed%20or%20derailed%20several%20developments.

MEDC (Detroit Smart Parking Lab (DSPL))
https://detroitsmartparkinglab.com/who-we-are/
https://www.michiganbusiness.org/press-releases/2023/08/mi-new-funding-detroit-smart-parking-lab-diversify-charging-infrastructure/#:~:text=As%20the%20top%20state%20in,Electrification%20as%20well%20as%20through

MI Future Mobility Plan Summary
https://www.michiganbusiness.org/4a6039/globalassets/documents/mobility/mi-future-mobility-plan-summary.pdf

Solar
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/science-and-technology/desert-tortoise-deaths-raise-concerns-as-solar-farms-solve-energy-need-2408456/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/12/truss-plan-to-block-solar-farms-is-deeply-unpopular-so-why-is-she-so-keen

EGLE Decarbonization Goals
https://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/mi-environment/2023/09/06/lakes-health-depends-on-decarbonization

Whitmer Bypassing Local Township Boards
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/gov-whitmer-signs-law-allowing-michigan-pass-stricter-environmental

& Lies
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/09/07/majority-of-michiganders-support-clean-energy-proposals-in-whats-next-address

Lithium Mining affect on Indigenous people
https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/08/argentina-indigenous-people-cross-country-to-protest-provincial-constitutional-reform-allowing-increased-lithium-mining/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2023/08/01/lithium-at-the-heart-of-tensions-with-indigenous-communities-of-argentina_6075800_114.html

Biden and Whitmer Build Back Better
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1699875569784017200?s=20

Carbon Allowance System
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1700668551181296086?s=20

Natural Gas Prices Going Up For Winter! They call this "Lowering Energy Bills!"
https://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/commission/news-releases/2023/08/30/mpsc-approves-rate-increases-for-natural-gas-customers

NDA's
https://www.mackinac.org/podcasts/the-overton-window/pat-garofalo-works-to-prevent-lawmakers-from-signing-nondisclosure-agreements-about-business-subsidy-negotiations

Marshall
https://youtu.be/WGsa4LeG8pc?si=fcWf0BtJVGo0H7IU
https://edraofmi.org/blog/f/marshall-residents-call-for-water-testing-before-ev-megasite
https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/washington/house-committee-raises-national-security-concerns-with-ford-partnership
https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Solar-farming-A-new-kind-of-farm-is-being-built-on-1000-acres-in-Marshall-Township-121522.aspx
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-will-happen-solar-panels-after-their-useful-lives-are-over

Gotion - Michigan
https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/gotion-vp-discusses-cfius-review-green-charter-18348717.php

Gotion - Illinois
https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2023/09/10/chinas-gotion-to-build-historic-2-billion-ev-battery-plant-in-illinois/?sh=552b5f593869
https://abc7chicago.com/davos-2023-switzerland-world-economic-forum-jb-pritzker/12719396/

EV = End of Private Cars
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2023/auto-buyers-have-good-reasons-for-avoiding-e-cars
https://ww2.motorists.org/blog/wef-calls-for-end-to-private-car-ownership/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/goodbye-car-ownership-hello-clean-air-this-is-the-future-of-transport/
https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1697919880882745666?s=20

Digital Twin
https://medium.com/bcgontech/the-digital-twin-of-everything-how-tokenized-assets-can-change-the-digital-world-33a01d5bb8ea
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23699539/gm-open-source-software-uprotocol-eclipse

EV Charging Infrastructure How-to
https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/EV-charging-infrastructure-Business-models-and-city-case-studies?language=en_US

Blocking out the sun - Make Sunsets
https://makesunsets.com/pages/who

Taxpayer Dollars Spending Map
https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/