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American acceptance of climate change growing rapidly, opening opportunities for action

Oct 16, 2015 Preserve the Beartooth Front

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CLOSUP climate belief poll results covered by a number of global news outlets

Oct 16, 2015

Only 16 percent of Americans currently believe that there is not solid evidence of global warming, according to the latest CLOSUP survey on energy and the environment released earlier this week. This is one percentage point less than the previous...

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Americans agree climate change is real. But made by humans? Not so much.

Oct 15, 2015 The Christian Science Monitor

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Good news, climate change activists: America is finally coming around

Oct 15, 2015 QUARTZ

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Climate Change: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Now Believe There Is 'Solid Evidence' Of Global Warming

Oct 15, 2015 International Business Times

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Americans' Denial of Climate Change Hits Record Low, Survey Finds

Oct 14, 2015 Organic Consumers Association

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More Americans are Believing in Climate Change: Why CanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t the GOP Come to Grip with Reality

Oct 14, 2015 ringoffireradio.com

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Americans' Denial of Climate Change Hits Record Low, Survey Finds

Oct 14, 2015 TIME

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70% of Americans now believe in climate change -- poll

Oct 13, 2015 Greenwire

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Rising numbers of Americans believe climate science, poll shows

Oct 13, 2015 theguardian.com

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Barry Rabe to co-chair EPA subcommitee on Clean Water Act dredge-dumping regulations

Oct 8, 2015

Last month, Barry Rabe was nominated to co-chair the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Assumable Waters Subcommittee.The subcommittee will take on the Clean Water Act's (CWA) Section 404 program, which enables states and tribes to regulate the...

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ACLU's Kary Moss petitions EPA calling for immediate action on Flint’s water crisis

Oct 8, 2015

Kary Moss, a lecturer at the Ford School and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, worked with a coalition of groups behind the Flint Water Study to petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take...

ACLU's Kary Moss petitions EPA calling for immediate action on Flint’s water crisis

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The Francis climate homily

Sep 24, 2015 Brookings Institution FixGov Blog

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In latest CLOSUP survey, local leaders say fiscal stress is low, but see red flags

Sep 22, 2015

ANN ARBOR—About two-thirds of local governments in Michigan rate the levels of fiscal stress as relatively low in their jurisdictions today, while just 7 percent rate the stress as high. While the latter percentage is low, the figure represents...

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David Thacher comments on the Black Lives Matter agenda for police reform

Sep 10, 2015

“We are in the middle of the most important social movement for police reform in a half century,” writes David Thacher in “Don’t End Broken Windows Policing, Fix It” published on The Marshall Project criminal justice news blog. “The focus and moral...

David Thacher comments on the Black Lives Matter agenda for police reform

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CLOSUP wins Third Century Initiative grant to bring data to the classroom in a big way

Sep 8, 2015

CLOSUP, the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, is ready to bring real-world data to the classroom in a big way. Through a recently awarded Quick Wins/Discovery grant, part of the University of Michigan's Third Century Initiative,...

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Policy Survey: confidence in Michigan's direction declines among local leaders

Sep 2, 2015 Grand Rapids Legal News

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Michigan's Local Leaders Losing Confidence in State Leadership

Aug 28, 2015 WDET Radio 101.9FM

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Road funding deal stalled by funding details — and, perhaps, recent scandal

Aug 27, 2015 Crain's Detroit Business

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Local leaders' confidence in state's direction erodes (University of Michigan)

Aug 26, 2015 wn.com

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U-M Survey: Leaders Unhappy with Michigan’s Direction

Aug 26, 2015 dbusiness.com

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Roads failure hurts optimism, survey finds

Aug 26, 2015 Lansing State Journal

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Local leaders’ confidence in state’s direction erodes

Aug 26, 2015 myscience.org

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Local leaders' confidence in state's direction erodes, CLOSUP MPPS reveals

Aug 26, 2015

ANN ARBOR—For the first time since 2012, fewer than half of Michigan's local leaders believe the state is headed in the right direction—chief culprits include road funding fumbles, state tax policies and general dysfunction in Lansing, according to...

Michigan’s smaller local governments need help accessing state and federal grants

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Rabe speaks with NPR about changing attitudes on climate action and Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Aug 8, 2015

In “Obama's Climate Plan Faces Huge Political Challenges,” which ran on Monday, NPR reporter Scott Horsley outlined the President’s “ambitious new climate regulations” and the political opposition to them. He turned to Barry Rabe to provide insight...

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