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Campaigns push for more cost, rate, and ‘development’ fund data...
My understanding of how best to grow renewable energy in Michigan-and across the country-keeps me climbing up some pretty steep learning curves....
Without feed-in tariffs, a Michigan entrepreneur can’t find a buyer...
The cheapest way for Traverse City Light & Power to meet much of its customers’ future demands for electricity is, as I wrote last time, to flat-out buy them things that significantly reduce their demand for electricity....
One questions coal, another opposes it and demands better accounting...
The most crucial thing Traverse City Light & Power folks asked us about our new special report, 20-20 by 2020: A Clear Vision for Clean-Energy Prosperity, was its call for helping customers cut their energy consumption by 20 percent in just 10 years....
Researcher wants to protect soil by developing new, perennial grains...
As they thumbed through their copies of our hot-off-the-press report, 20-20 by 2020: A Clear Vision for Clean-Energy Prosperity, board members asked us all sorts of things....
Budget woes turn some schools toward local public transit systems...
But we call for much stronger energy efficiency efforts, more wind power, inclusion of solar power, and promotion of local energy entrepreneurship, particularly among our region’s schools, community investment groups, and private concerns.
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March 31, 2010 | By Jim Dulzo
Report ties biomass plan to less energy use, plus solar and wind dollars to schools...
Led unprecedented expansion of national parks and reserves...
Farm-to-school advocates ask her to sponsor innovative legislation...
The debate over a proposed biomass facility in Traverse City has caused a great deal of concern among many Traverse City-area environmentalists, and rightfully so....
There’s been a lot of controversy recently in Traverse City about whether the local electric utility, Traverse City Light & Power, should build a wood-burning biomass plant as part of its plan to make 30 percent of its electricity using renewable sources....
Sadly, I’m blogging about this because the glorious Menominee River, like the Salmon Trout River near Big Bay, is now under attack....
February 26, 2010 | By Glenn Puit
Consumers board targeted over financial risks, higher rates, and toxic ash...
February 12, 2010 | By Jim Dulzo
Efficiency pioneer to lead forums for Grand Traverse residents, governments...
Last month’s state hearing for a coal ash landfill that would house millions of tons of toxic coal ash near Lake Huron attracted more than 100 people to the Rogers City High School gymnasium....
February 9, 2010 | By Glenn Puit
Some say cracked limestone could funnel ash leachate to Lake Huron...
