On today’s show, the IHIH gang share their hot takes on what the recent midterm elections mean for the environment moving forward. Bella breaks down a special millage proposal in her native Ingham County that protects certain farmlands and open spaces against urban development, and the Ann Arborite in the room (Ed) shares his thoughts on the city’s passage of Proposal A, which nixes Mayor Christopher Taylor’s deal with Chicago-based developer Core Spaces in order to turn the city-owned Liberty Lot into an urban green space.
Heena tells us about problems that some University of Michigan students had at the polls after registering with TurboVote in the weeks leading up to the election, and the whole crew updates listeners on several environmentally-focused proposals nationwide that were discussed on our October 26th show, including Florida’s Amendment 9, which conveniently bans both offshore drilling and indoor vaping, and Colorado’s Proposal 112, which would have required energy companies to drill farther away from private homes, schools, and hospitals.
You can find links to some of the other measures we covered in today’s show below: