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

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

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

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

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