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Jan 26, 2012
BetterBuildings Michigan: Selling Efficiency, Door-to-Door
Across Michigan, people are going door to door, offering homeowners low-cost opportunities to increase their comfort while saving energy...more

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Jan 12, 2012
Holland Council Weighs Pioneering Energy Strategy
The Holland City Council has begun considering a bold energy efficiency strategy, but an initial meeting on the subject revealed little...more

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Dec 08, 2011
Will Coal's Business Crisis Sink Rogers City Plant?
While environmental groups sue the state to stop Rogers City’s coal plant, it may be economics that finally kill the project. ...more

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Dec 02, 2011
Windpower Study in Hand, Three Townships Consider Zoning
Duke Energy’s proposed Benzie and Manistee wind farm is facing its next, critical phase, as local officials decide how to regulate...more

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Dec 02, 2011
Got Questions? Wind Initiative Now Has Answers
Zoning officials in Manistee and Benzie Counties are mulling over independent researchers’ answers to residents’ questions...more

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Nov 30, 2011
Great Lakes Champ: Offshore Wind Can Work for Michigan
A top, clean water-friendly Snyder appointee says Great Lakes wind power could be a boon for Michigan....more

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Nov 08, 2011
'TC Saves' Warms Homes, Cuts Energy Bills
Evan Smith loves his home in Traverse City’s historic Oak Park neighborhood, but heating and cooling old building challenges the...more

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Valerie Brader’s work on energy issues began with the Harvard Electricity Policy Group.

Oct 12, 2011
Snyder's New Energy Czar Taking the Long View
Valerie Brader says that, although Governor Snyder has made few public pronouncements about clean energy manufacturing, he thinks...more

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Warren Stuk, chair of the Holland Community Sustainability Committee, thanks consultant Peter Garforth after a town hall meeting introducing a Community Energy Plan strategy.

Sept 29, 2011
Consultant, Holland Staff Pick a Bold Energy Strategy
Following months of study and public meetings, an international consultant and five local officials recommend that Holland adopt the...more

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University of Michigan’s Nick Cucinelli and Governor Snyder present the 2011 Clean Energy Prize to doctoral student Nick Moroz, team leader at CSquared Innovations, a university start-up.

Sept 16, 2011
Will Snyder Match Granholm in Clean-Energy Jobs?
Taking over from a governor who championed clean-energy manufacturing, Governor Rick Snyder changed the state’s approach to fostering...more

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Sept 15, 2011
Clean Energy Advocate Running For Co-op Board
Even though he lost his first campaign for the Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-op board of directors last fall, Onaway resident Wayne...more

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Three Garforth efficiency scenarios would sharply cut coal use for Holland’s future electricity generation.

Sept 13, 2011
Holland Set to Choose from Bold Efficiency 'Scenarios'
Holland’s mayor admits he and his townspeople are real penny-pinchers. Some people supporting a breakthrough efficiency plan think...more

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Duke indicated that it is finding strong interest in windpower development in Manistee County’s Pleasanton and Benzie County’s Joyfield Townships.

Aug 30, 2011
Duke Refocusing Windpower Efforts on Joyfield, Pleasanton Townships
Duke Energy announced it is directing 2012 efforts to develop its proposed northwest Michigan wind farm to two of the four townships it...more

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A young woman enjoys the view from a utility-scale wind turbine in Germany.

Aug 29, 2011
N. Mich. Wind Study Asks, 'What Do We Want?'
What do Benzie and Manistee County resident want—and what will their townships allow—when it comes to utility-scale wind power?...more

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Aug 12, 2011
Letters Reflect Local Fears of Windpower Development
Dozens of opponents of a proposed northern Michigan wind farm have written to the Benzie County Record Patriot warning of harm from the...more

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Jul 07, 2011
Do Wind Turbines Turn Off Tourists?
A proposal to build 112 large turbines in Michigan’s Benzie and Manistee Counties has some locals fearing the big project will harm...more

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Jul 01, 2011
Citizens Decry Snyder's Approval of Rogers City Coal Plant
Citizens groups across Michigan are criticizing the Snyder administration for approving the construction of a controversial coal plant in...more

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Jun 27, 2011
Energy Pro Runs for Great Lakes Co-op Board
Energy efficiency expert Ric Evans says strong investments in home and commercial conservation make better sense than spending heavily on a...more

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Jun 23, 2011
Duke's Foes Call Wind Leases a 'Raw Deal'
When word of a potential wind turbine gold rush blew through Benzie and Manistee Counties, the news hit like a Lake Michigan gale. But...more

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A freighter loads coal bound for Holland’s coal-fired power plant.

Jun 12, 2011
Citizens Aim to Block Snyder's Coal Rush
Even though more utilities are losing interest in new coal power, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder supports building two of the pricey power...more

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Apr 29, 2011
Town's Toxic Water Embodies U.S. Coal Ash Challenge
Peggy Richardson was still in high school when trucks began dumping ash from a coal plant in her community east of Chicago....more

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Apr 25, 2011
10 Rivers at Risk from Energy Development
Natural gas development, outdated flood management, and dams are the biggest threats to the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S.,...more

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Apr 22, 2011
Coal Power, Meet Water Scarcity
As America considers how to cool the planet and feed its steadily increasing energy appetite, scientists are considering its future effect...more

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Apr 20, 2011
Citizen Groups: Reject New Rogers City Coal Permit
Groups representing tens of thousands of Michiganders who want to transform the state’s manufacturing sector into a clean-energy...more

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Apr 19, 2011
Snyder Supports Local Food, Renewable Energy Production
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder spoke at the Rural Development Conference today and endorsed both the local food movement and...more

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