These leaders are ready to fight for clean energy and climate action in Michigan.

• Abbas Alawieh for State Senate District 2: After working for years on Capitol Hill supporting progressive congressional representatives like Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, and Andy Levin, Alawieh founded the Uncommitted Movement to pressure Democratic nominees in the 2024 election to take stronger action towards a ceasefire in Gaza. He’s running for State Senate to tackle the worsening air quality in his district, fight back against the encroachment of data centers that are driving up energy costs, and advance clean energy policies that lower utility bills.
• Joanna Whaley for State House District 2: A parent and clinical care provider in local hospitals, Whaley is running for a district in the shadow of the Detroit Marathon Plant, one of the largest polluters in Michigan. If elected, she’ll fight to reduce their emissions and hold them accountable for the public health consequences they’ve caused – and more broadly will push for Michigan to stand up to the Trump administration by ensuring LGBTQ+ rights and refusing to comply with ICE to the extent the law allows.

Ann Arbor: Despite the City Council mandating Ann Arbor achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, the regional utility DTE has failed to comply with that timeline and set its own for 2050. In response, climate organizers have proposed a takeover of its operations – and are running candidates who can help achieve it. We’re backing:

• Yousef Rabhi for Mayor of Ann Arbor: Rabhi is a county commissioner, former state legislator, and co-chair of the Michigan Sierra Club who has championed clean energy, authored legislation to expand access to solar power, fought to hold polluters accountable, and led efforts to transition Michigan to 100% renewable energy. In his campaign for Ann Arbor mayor, Rabhi is pairing his climate leadership with a vision for public ownership of essential services like the city’s utility, affordable carbon-free housing, and investments in city workers and resilient community infrastructure.
• Dave Zeglen for Ann Arbor City Council Ward 4: Dave Zeglen is running for Ann Arbor City Council on a platform centered on public power, climate resilience, and a worker-led clean energy transition. He advocates for municipalizing the city’s electric utility to replace fossil fuels with publicly owned renewable energy, expand EV infrastructure, retrofit public buildings with union labor, and invest in transit and urban tree canopy. Zeglen also opposes new energy-intensive data centers, arguing they drive up utility costs and undermine local climate goals.