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20-20 by 2020: A Clear Vision for Clean Energy Prosperity
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Traverse City Light & Power's push for renewable energy should include much stronger commitments to energy efficiency and local, entrepreneurial wind and solar power projects-keys to lowering electric bills and creating new jobs in the region.


Fever of Development, Frontier of Recovery
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The sale of an expanse of globally rare, undeveloped Lake Michigan beach and dunes at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River signals an unmistakable and possibly momentous shift in the Saugatuck and Douglas real estate markets. An analysis of demographic and market trends affecting southern Lake Michigan shoreline communities and recommendations to protect the environment and a small town way of life.


Water Works
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Water Works describes a new way of thinking about water resource development that is gradually and organically emerging in the Great Lakes Basin. It reduces costs, safeguards waterways, and strengthens the region's economic competitiveness. The challenge and responsibility for the region's civic and business leaders is to understand this movement and establish an atmosphere in which it can flourish.


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TCL&P Hits Renewables Reset Button


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
‘Noise, Distraction, Fabrication’ Mar Water Rights Debate


'Noise, Distraction, Fabrication' Mar Water Rights Debate

To prevent Michigan from becoming “the Saudi Arabia of water,” water advocates say, the state must place its aquifers under...more
Like Many in Lansing, Dillon Still Sees Coal as King


Like Many in Lansing, Dillon Still Sees Coal as King

The state’s denial of the Rogers City coal plant permit has angered pro-coal lawmakers, including gubernatorial candidate Andy...more
Obama, Granholm Teamwork Revives Some State Factories

Obama, Granholm Teamwork Revives Some State Factories

When President Obama took another big step toward cleaner vehicles last month, it was good news for Michigan’s fallen industrial base....more
Study Questions Biomass’ Ability to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Study Questions Biomass' Ability to Cut Greenhouse Gases

A six-months study by a Massachusetts research center found that switching from coal and natural gas to wood biomass for energy generation...more
Investors to Challenge Consumers' Bay City Coal Plant

Investors to Demand Info on Risks of Consumers' Coal Plans

Tomorrow morning, shareholders of Consumers Energy will vote on resolutions pushing the company to reveal more about the cost for it...more
Cherryland Candidates Question Proposed Coal Plant

Cherryland Candidates Question Proposed Coal Plant

Wolverine Power and Cherryland Electric insist that the coal-fired power plant they want to build in Rogers City would cost $1.3 billion....more
Green Power for Sale!

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
Video, New Candidates Enliven Cherryland Board Race

Video, New Candidates Enliven Cherryland Board Race

Cherryland Co-op’s annual election is usually a sleepy affair, but this year two new candidates and a video questioning the...more
MLUI to TCL&P: More Efficiency, More Renewables

MLUI to TCL&P: More Efficiency, More Renewables

The Michigan Land Use Institute says Traverse City Light & Power should step up investments in energy efficiency, promote solar power...more
The Scoop

08.05.10: A Free Energy Efficiency Forum in Ann Arbor offers insights from and for contractors, utilities, officials, non-profits, and homeowners.

A Bus System for Emmet County? The non-profit Friends Enhancing Emmett Transportation—FEET—now has a Web site dedicated to their cause.

Urban Gardens Are Taking Off in Houston, another sign of their booming nationwide popularity.

Solar Power Is Getting Cheaper and the industry says “distributed generation” is on its way.

Train Buffs Will Love these Cool Shots of some of the world’s most amazing railways.

You Can Reserve Your Chevy Volt Plug-In Hybrid at a new GM Web site.

First-ever Federal Coal Ash Regulations Are Pending, and a YouTube video sorts it out.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Food Chain Radio reports on wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park.

The Greening of Flint Continues, and this video looks at a youth-operated farm stand.

Our 20-20 Report Could Help Traverse City Light & Power find a new path to clean energy, according to a Record Eagle editorial.

Kalamazoo Celebrates Its First Water Festival on August 14

White Roofs Can Be a White Knight when it comes to cooling down global warming.

The Local Food Leaders at Traverse City’s Catholic Schools have posted a fun-packed video.

Michiganders Could Shop for Better Electricity Prices if state lawmakers lift a monopolistic cap that favors the state’s two biggest utilities.

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