NOVI - The Wildlife Habitat Council recognized ITC Holdings Corp., the largest independent electricity transmission company in the U.S., for its exemplary leadership in corporate conservation during the WHC Conservation Conference in Detroit on June 15. ITC received the 2022 WHC Gold Tier Program Award and WHC Forests Project Award for various projects at its corporate headquarters
DETROIT - DTE Energy has earned the Wildlife Habitat Council's 2018 Corporate Conservation Leadership Award. It is the highest recognition for overall excellence in corporate environmental stewardship. The award recognizes DTE's overall achievement in conservation efforts, exemplary corporate commitment to biodiversity and conservation education as well as meaningful alignments with global conservation objectives. DTE recently accepted
LANSING - Business groups favored, and conservationists opposed, legislation that would create boards to oversee the rulemaking and permit appeals processes of the Department of Environmental Quality as well as create an advisory committee for the governor in testimony heard Wednesday. SB 652, SB 653 and SB 654 would create a series of oversight boards that would review and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula to be allocated between a dozen recipients. “This grant cycle was extremely competitive,” said Bill Scullon, DNR field operations manager from the Norway Field Office and grant program administrator. The Deer Habitat
LANSING - Members of environmental and conservation groups on Thursday called for Governor Rick Snyder to appoint a permanent Department of Environmental Quality director who has environmental and public health expertise to shake up the "culture of complacency" at the department, they said. "The department is charged with protecting our state from hazards to human
