{"id":5035,"date":"2019-02-07T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2019-02-07T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:08:26","slug":"sen-irwin-on-republican-attempts-to-weaken-environmental-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2019\/02\/07\/sen-irwin-on-republican-attempts-to-weaken-environmental-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Irwin on Republican attempts to weaken environmental protections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Irwin<\/strong>&nbsp;(D\u2013Ann Arbor) today released the following statement after the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee, on which he is the sole Democratic member, heard testimony from those opposed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-488736--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gov. Whitmer&#8217;s recent executive order that calls for reorganizing the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) into the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)<\/a>&nbsp;to better protect land, air, and water resources for Michiganders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 1993, Gov. Engler reorganized the DEQ to try to take away citizen oversight and get more power for polluters over permits. Now, Gov. Whitmer is aiming to reorganize the department for the opposite reason: to try and bring more environmental protections to the forefront. I don\u2019t support putting polluters in charge of rules and permits. It\u2019s a conflict of interest and not in the public\u2019s best interest, which is why I support the governor\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s critical that we protect clean water and our Great Lakes. Unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are trying to shoot down the EGLE and prevent the reorganization. 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