387:'s first re-organizational executive order for the department was rejected by the state legislature for eliminating three panels recently created by the legislature. Whitmer signed a second order that retained two of those three panels and changed the department's name to Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The second order also created an Office of Climate and Energy, Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate and an Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team, and made various other organizational changes. The Office of the Great Lakes was transferred from the Department of Natural Resources. The name change and reorganization took effect on April 22, 2019.
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365:Status Coup
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