ROCHESTER ? The Ninth annual Michigan Earth Day is scheduled for April 25-27 in downtown Rochester, where organizers expect more than 50,000 people to attend the free event. Showcasing the green and healthy-living efforts and offerings of area businesses and community groups, the festival will feature more than 150 exhibits, displays and presentations as well
LANSING - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was supposed to come up with recommendations for addressing the threat of invasive species crossing between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, not merely a set of options, Attorney General Bill Schuette said in his formal comments on the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study.
LANSING - Discussion on a bill to eliminate the state's 10 percent cap on energy competition continued in the House Energy and Technology Committee on Tuesday with DTE Energy's president saying rates will not decrease under the bill and innovation in the field will halt in Michigan. Steve Kurmas, president and chief operating officer of
LANSING - On a vote of 106-3, the Michigan House on Wednesday approved a nearly $27 million supplemental budget that will fund land acquisition and development projects under the Natural Resources Trust Fund. The full House acted on SB 780 after the House Appropriations Committee reported the bill unanimously. The revenue in the bill is
MASON ? The deadline to apply to exhibit at the Michigan Energy Fair is March 31. The 2014 Michigan Energy Fair will be held on June 27-28 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason. The Fair will be the 14th statewide energy fair sponsored by Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association. The Fair is the biggest
LIVONIA - A123 Systems LLC said Monday it has agreed to sell its grid storage business and other assets in energy storage for the telecom and data storage industries to Japan's NEC Corp. so it can focus on batteries for micro hybrid vehicles. The sale continues its move toward the transportation market, a simpler form
DETROIT - DTE Energy in partnership with The Engineering Society of Detroit and NextEnergy have selected two Farmington Hills-based companies as finalists in this year?s DTE E-Challenge Competition. Lumecon and Illuminating Concepts will demonstrate their innovations at the Detroit Zoo and the City of Royal Oak respectively. The winner will be announced during the DTE/ESD
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation on Thursday announced the formation of a work group including officials from state government, utilities and private-sector businesses in an effort to identify opportunities to decrease rates for high-energy users. "We will draw on knowledge from a range of stakeholders and decision-makers, and come up with recommendations that
HOUGHTON ? Kettering University has won the internal combustion division of the 2014 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, after coming in runner-up the past two years. The competition was held over the weekend at Michigan Technological University. ?We?re ecstatic,? said team leader Matt Birt. ?This is our first win at Michigan Tech, and we couldn?t be
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association is offering at least ten $500 scholarships at the Michigan Energy Fair in June at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason. The scholarships will be awarded by lottery draw selection, not based on need, merit or other affiliation. All graduating high school seniors who will be