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October 6, 2008
Proposed Coal Plant Switches Fuels, Stirs Controversy
As hearings loom, Rogers City project gets state OK to burn cheaper, dirtier fuel
When Wolverine Power proposed building a large coal plant near Rogers City, the company called their proposal the Wolverine ...more
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Bill McKibben is a foremost expert on climate change
September 10, 2008
McKibben: To Spread the Word, Push a Number
Bill McKibben, a foremost expert on climate change, urged more than 700 people at a rally in Traverse City to join his campaign to pressure international ...more

Sacramento enjoys some of the cheapest power
August 18, 2008
Sacramento’s Lesson: Green Power Works
Twenty years ago, Sacramento had just a single source of electricity—a pricey, balky nuclear power plant owned by its municipal utility. Today, however, ...more

Different Shade of Green Stalls State Energy Reform
July 30, 2008
Different Shade of Green Stalls State Energy Reform
More than a year after Governor Granholm endorsed requirements that utilities sell more renewable energy, efforts to green up Michigan’s power ...more

State Rep. Kathleen Law
July 28, 2008
Rep. Law: Let’s Turn Green to Gold
State Representative Kathleen Law was once part of a research team that produced gamma rays while searching for new ways to generate electricity. Today she is ...more

June 13, 2008
States Mandating Clean Energy Cash In on Green Economy
One noticeable feature on Newton, Iowa’s Web site is a map of the cemetery. Until recently, it seemed a fitting metaphor for the town, which was bleeding ...more

Clean-energy innovation is the key
June 3, 2008
Why Michigan Leads America’s Coal Rush
Clean-energy innovation is the greatest economic opportunity to come Michigan's way since the invention of the Model T assembly line. So why have energy ...more

Michigan accelerates the state’s lagging clean-energy industry
May 22, 2008
House Green Energy Package Raises Questions
Responding to environmentalists, entrepreneurs, and the governor, the Michigan House passed several bills last month meant to accelerate the state’s ...more

Students in Charleston rally against coal
May 6, 2008
Michigan at Center of National Coal War
The growing opposition to building as many as eight new coal-burning power plants in Michigan is part of a national campaign challenging the use of an 18th- ...more

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