Michigan

The report summarizes the social and environmental impacts of Farmland LP’s investment management practices. Farmland LP buys and converts conventionally farmed land to certified organic farmland using regenerative farm management methods, to generate competitive financial returns and achieve positive environmental and social impacts. The USDA funded this study for the partners to generate a new, […]

The Bay Mills Indian Community Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), prepared by the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan with support from the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, lays out a tribe-specific roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resilience. It begins with a generalized greenhouse gas inventory for the community’s key sectors — […]

A structured scoring framework to prioritize brownfield redevelopment by evaluating ownership, site use, land traits, community context, incentives, infrastructure, environmental risk, and building characteristics.

This project started in Cleveland in 2023 with the launch of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Trees Initiative. The Trees Initiative aims to plant 250 million trees across the Great Lakes region by 2033. Maximizing the health benefits of trees and planting trees in neighborhoods that need more tree canopy is a major focus of […]

SPOT synthesizes existing information related to 37 clean energy policies at the state level and documents whether a given state policy exists and where it stands related to 3 – 6 policy components. This resource is not a state scorecard. It is a planning tool for states as they develop their clean energy policy roadmaps. […]

The regional planning organization for Southeast Michigan, providing transportation and sustainability resources such as the Commuter Connect program.

Coalition of Tribal governments coordinating climate and sustainability initiatives.

A regional council of governments serving the Michiana area that provides planning support and technical assistance, including solar education and local readiness resources.

Regional planning organization for the Grand Rapids area; produced the West Michigan PCAP.

Municipal government leading climate mitigation and adaptation efforts through the A2ZERO carbon neutrality framework and housing decarbonization initiatives.