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FLINT, Mich. (CN) Pretrial hearings in the criminal case against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder over his role in the Flint water contamination crisis continued Tuesday after a week of review by a district court judge who was not certain of his authority in the sprawling scandal.
Last week, Genesee County District Court Judge William Crawford was open about his lack of experience for this type of case and admitted he was not sure he could rule on a motion to dismiss filed by the defense. But he said he reviewed the motions and responses and was now convinced that he could move forward.
CSUS student proposes legislation to expand sustainability education in Michigan schools
March 1, 2021
Recent CSUS alumna Courtney Boersema, along with instructor Bob Wilson and MSU Sustainability director Amy Butler, created legislation to include sustainability curriculum in the Michigan Green Schools Program.
Thousands of school children across hundreds of schools in Michigan participate in various environmentally friendly activities every year to help earn their school an official Michigan Green School certification. While this program promotes much needed efforts to address local and global environmental problems, one student has seen opportunity to elevate the benefits of this program.
In 2020, Department of Community Sustainability (CSUS) student, Courtney Boersema [Winter 2020 grad, Environmental Studies and Sustainability major], mentored by CSUS instructor Bob Wilson and MSU Sustainability director Amy Butler, presented draft legislation she created to amend the Michig
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Volkswagen Settlement Background
In the fall of 2015, Volkswagen admitted it had installed emissions control defeat devices – software designed to cheat emissions tests and deceive federal and state regulators – in certain Volkswagen-, Porsche-, and Audi-branded 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter diesel engine vehicles. The vehicles equipped with emission testing defeat devices resulted in increases in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, up to forty times the allowable amount, violating the federal Clean Air Act. The increased NOx emissions had adverse impacts to air quality and contributed to the formation of ground-level ozone, which has harmful effects on ecosystems and impairs lung function and cardiovascular health.