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08.05.10: A Free Energy Efficiency Forum in Ann Arbor offers insights from and for contractors, utilities, officials, non-profits, and homeowners.

A Bus System for Emmet County? The non-profit Friends Enhancing Emmett Transportation—FEET—now has a Web site dedicated to their cause.

Urban Gardens Are Taking Off in Houston, another sign of their booming nationwide popularity.

Solar Power Is Getting Cheaper and the industry says “distributed generation” is on its way.

Train Buffs Will Love these Cool Shots of some of the world’s most amazing railways.

You Can Reserve Your Chevy Volt Plug-In Hybrid at a new GM Web site.

First-ever Federal Coal Ash Regulations Are Pending, and a YouTube video sorts it out.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Food Chain Radio reports on wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park.

The Greening of Flint Continues, and this video looks at a youth-operated farm stand.

Our 20-20 Report Could Help Traverse City Light & Power find a new path to clean energy, according to a Record Eagle editorial.

Kalamazoo Celebrates Its First Water Festival on August 14.

White Roofs Can Be a White Knight when it comes to cooling down global warming.

The Local Food Leaders at Traverse City’s Catholic Schools have posted a fun-packed video.

Michiganders Could Shop for Better Electricity Prices if state lawmakers lift a monopolistic cap that favors the state’s two biggest utilities.

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Jul 23, 2010
Food Boosts Kalamazoo's North Side Development
Mattie Jordan-Woods stood with pride outside the grocery store at Park and Westnedge Streets, on Kalamazoo's north side, happy because the ...more

Jul 20, 2010
TCL&P Hits Renewables Reset Button
With its biomass proposal on the ropes, TCL&P is starting over on its clean and renewable energy plan by inviting the public to ...more

Jul 19, 2010
Time for Better Railroads in Michigan?
Cars drove Michigan’s economy during the last century, but crumbling highways, congestion, and soaring expenses have the state ...more

Jul 14, 2010
'Noise, Distraction, Fabrication' Mar Water Rights Debate
To prevent Michigan from becoming “the Saudi Arabia of water,” water advocates say, the state must place its aquifers under ...more

Jul 09, 2010
MSU Extension Grows a Stronger Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County Extension helps gardeners, growers, businesses, and officials bring healthier food and stronger farms to the region. ...more

Jun 28, 2010
Like Many in Lansing, Dillon Still Sees Coal as King
The state’s denial of the Rogers City coal plant permit has angered pro-coal lawmakers, including gubernatorial candidate Andy ...more