密歇根州州长格蕾琴·惠特默(Gretchen Whitmer)(D)于9月23日签署了两项执行命令,目的是在2050年到达密歇根州的州建筑物和基础设施碳 - 中立,这一目标希望更多地了解这一目标。

惠特默在一份声明中说:“科学是明显的 - 气候变化直接影响了我们的公共卫生,环境,我们的经济和家庭。”

惠特默(Whitmer)于9月23日签署了两项执行订单,该命令设定了一个临时目标,即到2025年将1990年的温室气体排放量降低到1990年的水平低于1990年的水平,另一个设定了在所有州设施的建设和运营中的净零碳使用目标到2050年。

为了实现这些碳中立目标,该命令分配了制定密歇根州健康气候计划的任务,以减少温室气体的排放和向碳中立的过渡,到州环境部,大湖和能源部(EGLE)。

该命令要求建立咨询委员会,气候解决方案委员会,由九个州机构的董事或董事指定的代表和州长任命的14名州居民组成。

Damian P. Hill, president of the 300-member strong Associated General Contractors of Michigan said he needs to know more about the initiative.

他说:“我知道我们的承包商将有兴趣与国家合作,并希望减少碳足迹。”“但是没有关于我们如何到达那里的任何细节,我认为对此说任何话还为时过早。”

“我希望理事会能够包括建筑业以及建筑行业的代表,并使密歇根州的所有受影响的大型产业都在影响可能是什么以及我们如何在不损害商业和行业的情况下到达那里的影响,”他添加。

密歇根基础设施和运输协会政府事务副总裁Lance Binoniemi是一家代表道路和桥梁,下水道和水,公用事业,开挖和专业建筑等学科的建筑贸易协会,他说他还需要了解更多。

“目前我们还没有考虑过很多考虑。我们仍在获取信息,”他说。

希尔说,他希望他的协会紧随其后。

“As things develop and information becomes available we’ll make sure that we have our voice heard and contribute to the process,” he said. “In the meantime, we will keep our membership closely informed about what they need to know.”

密歇根州是少数致力于减少碳的州,包括加利福尼亚,纽约,夏威夷和缅因州。

The order is being lauded by environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council.

“We now need to take today’s bold action and go even further,” said Samantha Williams, midwest regional director of Clean Energy for the defense council in a statement released Sept. 23. “We must ensure that the commitment to cutting carbon pollution out of Michigan’s economy is accompanied by an equitable and inclusive process that charts the path forward.”

The order predicts that Michigan “will be able to take full advantage of the ongoing global energy transformation—from the jobs it will generate for our skilled workforce, to the protections it will provide for natural resources, to the savings it will bring to communities and utility customers.”

Because both of the initiatives are executive orders and not laws passed by the state legislature, both could be rescinded by a new governor if Whitmer is not reelected at the end of her term in 2022.