Ashley Rudzinski, Author at Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org Groundwork Center Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/groundworkcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-groundwork-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ashley Rudzinski, Author at Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org 32 32 223860040 End of the Line: Great Lakes over Big Oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16541 Please join Groundwork and our statewide coalition partners for an in-person and live-streamed event on June 4th, 2025. Together, we’ll hear from key experts—like international tunnel expert Brian O’Mara—about the latest on Line 5, plus learn ways you can take action at this critical moment.  The federal administration has fast-tracked the Line 5 tunnel permit […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/feed/ 0 16541 Where we go from here … what this moment means for our work https://groundworkcenter.org/where-we-go-from-here-what-this-moment-means-for-our-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-we-go-from-here-what-this-moment-means-for-our-work https://groundworkcenter.org/where-we-go-from-here-what-this-moment-means-for-our-work/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:33:21 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15989 Today, many of us are reflecting on the challenges ahead, as our nation grapples with deep divisions. Advancing the policies and solutions that Groundwork cares most deeply about will likely require even more effort, time, and commitment. But just because something is hard does not mean it isn’t worth doing. In fact, I believe that what […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/where-we-go-from-here-what-this-moment-means-for-our-work/feed/ 0 15989 Supreme Court’s decision puts America’s health and safety at risk https://groundworkcenter.org/supreme-courts-decision-puts-americas-health-and-safety-at-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-courts-decision-puts-americas-health-and-safety-at-risk https://groundworkcenter.org/supreme-courts-decision-puts-americas-health-and-safety-at-risk/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:29:20 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15887 This op-ed first published in Planet Detroit. Above photo by Thomas Park. My toddler daughter wakes up every morning, and we eat breakfast together. She munches oats, and we listen to music. During the day, I work and she plays—hopping in sprinklers, playing with her toys, or taking a dip in Traverse City’s East Bay. […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/supreme-courts-decision-puts-americas-health-and-safety-at-risk/feed/ 0 15887 Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:42:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15562 Hello! We asked our panelists at the Line 5 Tunnel Vision event to provide written answers to your questions submitted in the online comments during the event and they graciously said they’d be happy to oblige. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to helping shut down Line 5 and stop the tunnel, and many thanks […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/feed/ 0 15562 Solar on Schools Showcase Free Webinar 6/20/2024 https://groundworkcenter.org/solar-on-schools-showcase-free-webinar-6-20-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-on-schools-showcase-free-webinar-6-20-2024 https://groundworkcenter.org/solar-on-schools-showcase-free-webinar-6-20-2024/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:08:16 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15489 Sign up for our FREE lunch-and-learn style webinar to be held on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, noon–1pm.! Hosted by Groundwork and Traverse City Light & Power. Get tips and advice for how your school can give momentum to the clean energy transition by … See speaker bios below! Ella Kirkwood: Ella serves as the Students for […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/solar-on-schools-showcase-free-webinar-6-20-2024/feed/ 0 15489 Stream Line 5 Panel Discussion ‘Tunnel Vision’ Recording https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 19:13:06 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15459 We’re writing today to encourage you to watch the complete video of our recent panel discussion, titled Tunnel Vision, which explored the many serious flaws in the proposed Line 5 oil tunnel. The brief 2-minute clip at the top of this email will give you a terrific sense for how important it is that we all know the […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/stream-line-5-panel-discussion-tunnel-vision-recording/feed/ 0 15459 Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:27:11 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15355 The post Tunnel Vision: A masterclass in rejecting the Line 5 oil tunnel appeared first on Groundwork Center.

]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/tunnel-vision-a-masterclass-in-rejecting-the-line-5-oil-tunnel/feed/ 0 15355 Access MI Solar — Sign up and save on your solar system https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:23:42 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15417 Today we are announcing our third annual group-buy discount program for purchasing solar panels for homes and small businesses in northwest Lower Michigan.  This year the exciting change to the Access MI Solar program is we have increased the area of eligibility to include homes and small businesses within 40 miles of either Petoskey or Traverse City. The area […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/access-mi-solar-sign-up-and-save-on-your-solar-system/feed/ 0 15417 Plan to relocate oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially risky.’ Here’s why. https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:06:21 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15105 This Groundwork op-ed first published in the Detroit Free Press. The oil company Enbridge wants to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the Straits of Mackinac into a tunnel beneath the lake, and the Michigan Public Service Commission recently signed off on this plan, issuing Enbridge a site permit. Encasing Line 5 in concrete and burying […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/plan-to-relocate-oil-tunnel-unusual-and-especially-risky-heres-why/feed/ 0 15105 Line 5 at Workshop Brewing TC, January 25, 2024, Learn, Take Action! https://groundworkcenter.org/line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25 https://groundworkcenter.org/line-5-workshop-brewing-january-25/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:03:50 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=14948 2024 promises to be a monumental year in the fight to shut down Line 5. Learn how you can up the odds that we can finally terminate the terrible and unnecessary risk of this antique pipeline with its rickety, stop-gap engineering that's threatening our greatest natural resources. Stop by The Workshop Brewing Company, 221 Garland St., Traverse City, 530 to […]

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