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May 6, 2008
Michigan at Center of National Coal War
Successful campaign turning other states toward new technologies and jobs
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- and 19th-century technology to generate electricity and jobs in the 21st century. It has attracted broad bipartisan appeal as it attacks coal-burning plants.....more

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March 31, 2008
Coal’s Soaring Costs: Wind Power’s Warm Breeze
The broad, snow-covered ridges south of McBain are just months away from sporting a couple new, permanent fixtures—a pair of 350-foot-tall wind turbines. ...more

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Wind turbines as money-saving educational opportunities

March 23, 2008
As Lansing Lags, a Rural School Looks Ahead
Gary Waterson, a northern Michigan science teacher, knows that the renewable energy industry is growing so fast that companies can't find enough skilled labor. ...more

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March 11, 2008
Grand Rapids Tells Lansing: Yes We Can
Michigan's own Henry Ford generated amazing wealth innovating and mass marketing the automobile. But his fortune was an anthill compared to the mountain of ...more

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February 29, 2008
As Coal’s Cost Soars, Lansing Warms to Clean Energy
Last September, Consumers Energy handed the state a study to justify construction of a big coal-fired power plant near Bay City. But the study is having the ...more

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January 31, 2008
Granholm Touts Clean-Energy Jobs
Governor Granholm presented a high-minded vision for the future of the energy industry in her 2008 State of the State Address Tuesday night, and urged the ...more

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December 31, 2007
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

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December 28, 2007
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

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December 24, 2007
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

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Michigan’s forests, rivers, lakes, and beaches bring great beauty and wealth to the state. Protecting them from unwise development is key to rebuilding the state’s economy.

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