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State Readies Rogers City Coal Ash Hearing
January 25, 2010
State Readies Rogers City Coal Ash Hearing
National push builds for new federal storage rules
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 just another instance of the region’s unusual but ubiquitous karst limestone geology playing the kind of ...more
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Biomass: Boon or Bugaboo?
January 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 approach, burning ...more
January 18, 2010
New Questions as State Mulls Wolverine Coal Permit

As an electric co-op awaits a state ruling on its push to build a controversial coal-fired power plant in Rogers City, evidence is mounting that the firm does ...more
A Good Food Road Show
January 5, 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 turned the kids on to ...more

December 31, 2009
Udall: A Letter to My Grandchildren, Pt 3

The challenges that your generation faces will test your ingenuity and generosity. Whether you are a person of faith who believes the Earth is the ...more

December 30, 2009
Udall: A Letter to My Grandchildren, Pt 2

Ordinarily, a backward look at history is a detour into unproductive nostalgia. I am acutely aware of the profound differences between today’s culture ...more
State Punts on New Coal Plants

December 29, 2009
State Punts on New Coal Plants

The Granholm administration’s decision to permit a new, unneeded coal plant near Bay City—and to postpone action on another proposed for Rogers ...more
Udall: A Letter to My Grandchildren, Pt 1

December 24, 2009
Udall: A Letter to My Grandchildren, Pt 1

This is the most important letter I will ever write. It concerns your future—and the tomorrows of the innumerable human beings who share this vulnerable, ...more
Region Sets Table for Healthier Kids
December 21, 2009
Region Sets Table for Healthier Kids

Imagine school food service directors creating a regional cookbook that features seasonal, kid-friendly, healthy, locally grown foods. Or students in the fresh ...more
December 21, 2009
Most Climate Delegates Accepting Obama’s ‘Accord’

On Saturday seven countries, led by the tiny island of Tuvalu, rejected the Copenhagen “Accord” hammered out by President Barack Obama and the ...more

December 17, 2009
COPENHAGEN: Looking to Cities for Salvation

Crowds and unrest grow at Copenhagen Conference ...more
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