Sierra Club Huron Valley Group

03/12/2026

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1235331552088661

02/23/2026

There's an injustice going on in Saline. A resident in a retirement home is facing destruction of his 10 year old well-maintained garden after a change in management. Consider signing this petition:

Save Mr. Fan's beloved garden at Mill Pond Manor

02/13/2026

Public and Ecologiacl Health are increasingly at risk from toxic chemicals. Health professions have finally become interested in this exponentially increasing problem-here is a good information source for the latest news:

Exploring the intersection of environmental health, precision medicine, and exposomics—offering fresh insights into how our environments shape health, disease prevention, and treatment. Click to read Exposome Perspectives, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

01/28/2026

Sibley Prairie (440 acres) needs $6M by the end of this year to be purchased by the Michigan Land Conservancy-please consider a donation:

Coalition to Save Sibley Prairie

01/28/2026

Billions for ICE, but pennies for FEMA:

Winter Storm Fern is the first major multi-state rapid activation for FEMA since President Trump started taking the agency apart last year and now alarm bells are ringing that the disaster agency is not ready

12/26/2025

Great Win-Win idea for Data Center installations-pay for power-saving appliances in local communities to free up the power they need:

Our report, Homegrown Energy, finds household upgrades are the best, fastest solution for increasing energy demand.

12/02/2025

Take action! Make your voice heard! Tomorrow night (December 3rd)!

DTE Electric Company has asked the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to approve, behind closed doors, a massive contract to supply power to a new data center in Saline Township—large enough to consume as much electricity as a million homes.

01/09/2025

There has been considerable discussion over a potential lease of state forest for a solar array near Ga***rd. It is important to understand what is actually happening before reaching conclusions.*

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HMYzBTd4F/

There’s a lot of inflated rhetoric flying around 420 acres of land being considered for a solar project in Ga***rd, MI. Sierra Club has not taken a position on this project yet, and we encourage everyone to get all the information available from the and participate during the public comment period. Read more from our Forest Ecologist, Marvin Roberson, in .michigan to understand the process. https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-much-smoke-without-fire-smokescreen

12/18/2024

ALERT! Today the State House is voting on Polluters Pay. Tell them to vote YES!

Today the State Senate is voting on funding for Copperwood Mine. Save the Porcupine Mountains and tell them to vote NO on this terrible bill.

And tell the House and Senate to vote YES on Water Affordability today!

All details can be found here.

https://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/legislative-action

Welcome to the home page of the Michigan House of Representatives. Thank you for taking the time to become more informed about your elected representatives and more engaged with your state Legislature. We have tried to create a valuable resource here and I invite you to come back often.

09/24/2024

ALERT! A likely vote in State House tomorrow on giving tax breaks to data centers! Don't just write...call them TODAY! (And yes, we need to let Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County area legislators know this is wrong without environmental safeguards in place, they are not all with us on this!).

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06/26/2024

ALERT:

Without responsible changes, data centers threaten our energy grid, and our Great Lakes and waters. AI has the potential danger to steal everything we've got! Call your legislator TONIGHT. and let them know you oppose HB 4906 and SB 237 the way it is now! Details here! WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK!

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05/21/2024

ACTION ALERT!

Folks, call your state representatives NOW! A bill which is a giant tax relief incentive for tech companies to build data centers in Michigan threatens our climate goals and our watershed. Ask our representatives to demand change! Link here:

Data centers, or buildings that house computers and associated systems can have significant impacts on our environment – including water use, land use and noise – as well as public health impacts, especially when the center employs backup diesel generators. In response to the impact data centers...