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 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
May 05, 2010
Green Power for Sale! Dave Slifka wants to be a clean-energy entrepreneur in Michigan, but no one seems to want what he’s trying to sell: power from wind...more
Apr 07, 2010
Good-bye to Big Yellow Buses? Retirees Betty and Bob Dunham found another family of kids: the dozen or so neighborhood youths who congregated on school mornings in their...more
Mar 23, 2010
Stewart Udall, an American Statesman, Passes I met Stewart Udall and his wife Lee in 1988, when I was a national correspondent for The New York Times and he was in the midst of seeking...more
Mar 20, 2010
A Call to Action for Sen. Stabenow A year ago I watched U.S. Senator Stabenow listen to a proud food service director and superintendent explain how they transformed their...more
Feb 26, 2010
Groups Renew Push to Stop Bay City Coal Plant When Consumers Energy received state permission to build a coal-fired power plant near Bay City, it marked a significant victory for the...more
Feb 22, 2010
Our New Big Three Bringing wind power to Michigan can help our environment and economy. Although European manufacturers are currently profiting handsomely...more
Feb 12, 2010
Save Energy, Save Tax Dollars For two decades, Dave Konkle made money by saving taxpayer dollars. As head of the award-winning Ann Arbor Energy Office, he led programs...more
Feb 09, 2010
Coal Dump Karst: 'Active' or 'Inactive'? Frank Krist worked at the Presque Isle County Health Department, so he’s seen the curious ways that underground water moves near some...more
Jan 25, 2010
State Readies Rogers City Coal Ash Hearing Joe Veselenak remembers when a sinkhole tried to swallow the goal post at one end of Roger City High School’s football field. It was...more
Jan 20, 2010
Biomass: Boon or Bugaboo? Traverse City Light & Power drew widespread praise when it announced plans to greatly reduce its fossil fuel use. But one possible...more
Jan 05, 2010
A Good Food Road Show It was chefs, not carny barkers, who excited youngsters at the Northwestern Michigan Fair’s Cooking with Kids session. The chefs...more
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