On Wednesday, February 3^rd, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the new Council on Climate Solutions. The Council’s formation was announced by the Governor back in September along with a statewide goal of economy-wide de-carbonization by 2050. The Council is chaired by EGLE Director Liesl Clark, and includes the directors of state departments on Agriculture, Labor and Economic Opportunity, Natural Resources, Transportation, Health and Human Services, and the MPSC.

This week, a national environmental advocacy coalition called Safer States released a report predicting that at least 27 states would consider state-level policies on chemical regulation, with PFAS actions being the most prevalent issue. Safer States has taken the lead in sharing chemicals regulation policies between its member groups and state lawmakers that propose such policies.