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Work Harder, Stay Poor

Blog Archive | June 1, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Ms. Beegle is considered one of the nation’s foremost experts on poverty, and she was in Traverse City last month to speak about the issue....


Investors to Demand Info on Risks of Consumers' Coal Plans

May 20, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Stockholders' motions question carbon, coal ash costs...


Cherryland Candidates Question Proposed Coal Plant

May 17, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Campaigns push for more cost, rate, and ‘development’ fund data...

Granholm: Stimulus Helping Michigan Housing Crisis

Blog Archive | May 7, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

When I caught up with Governor Jennifer Granholm at last week’s 12th Annual Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing, in Lansing, she was determined to tell me just how strong an ally Michigan has in President Barack Obama, particularly when it comes to ...


Green Power for Sale!

May 5, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Without feed-in tariffs, a Michigan entrepreneur can’t find a buyer...


Video, New Candidates Enliven Cherryland Board Race

April 29, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

One questions coal, another opposes it and demands better accounting...


Wes Jackson: 'Let's Save the Stuff We're Made Of'

April 12, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Researcher wants to protect soil by developing new, perennial grains...


Good-bye to Big Yellow Buses?

April 7, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Budget woes turn some schools toward local public transit systems...


Groups Renew Push to Stop Bay City Coal Plant

February 26, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Consumers board targeted over financial risks, higher rates, and toxic ash...


Coal Dump Karst: 'Active' or 'Inactive'?

February 9, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Some say cracked limestone could funnel ash leachate to Lake Huron...


State Readies Rogers City Coal Ash Hearing

January 25, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

National push builds for new federal storage rules...


Biomass: Boon or Bugaboo?

January 20, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

A utility’s big move toward renewables prompts a closer look...


New Questions as State Mulls Wolverine Coal Permit

January 18, 2010 | By Glenn Puit

Co-op sees big demand drop, ignores a cheaper, cleaner power plant...


Board Minutes: Big Drop in Co-op’s Power Demand

December 14, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

Revelation comes as DEQ readies Rogers City coal plant decision...


Execs Well Paid for Pushing Rogers City Coal Plant

December 8, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

Wolverine’s top two earned almost $1 million in 2007...


TCL&P Seeks Clear Path to Clean Energy

December 4, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

Utility wants residents’ advice on moving from coal to local green power...


County Endorses Coal Ash Burial in Leaky Quarry

November 24, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

But proposed coal plant’s landfill plan may face new federal rules...


Co-op Study Attacks Jobs and Homegrown Energy Bill

November 11, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

But criticism draws sharp rebuke from veteran feed-in tariff expert...


State Ramps Up Green Jobs, but Pro-Coal Rally Heads to Lansing

October 5, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

New laws, Granholm policies creating more jobs than new coal plants would...


Ex-CIA Chief: Feed-in Tariffs a Secret for Success

September 22, 2009 | By Glenn Puit

Woolsey says profitable clean-energy policy could repower Michigan jobs...

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