Sunday, February 22, 2009

**Attny Gen'l attacks MI Gov anti-Coal Plant order

http://www.freep.com/article/20090221/NEWS06/902210343
FREEP: MI Attorney General Mike Cox accused Gov. Jennifer Granholmon Friday of exceeding her authority by ordering state agencies to suspend the licensing process for coal-fired utility plants
. Responding to an opinion from state Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer,R-Kewadin, Cox said Granholm's order, which she announced in her State of the State address on Feb. 3, would impose a new requirement not found in environmental protection statutes or elsewhere.