Article by J.P. Isbell for WILX 10

DEERFIELD, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – In November of 2023, Michigan Democrats pushed through legislation that allows the state to control wind and solar projects instead of localities. Because the Whitmer administration’s clean energy agenda ran into opposition, the legislators decide that they didn’t want the Governor’s agenda stopped by pushback from any of the 1800 jurisdictions in the state (cities, townships and counties).

Many of those jurisdictions saw community members show up at local governmental meetings to voice their concerns about wind and solar projects. They cited concerns like...

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