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Labor, Enviros Back Environmentally Friendly Jobs To Solve 3 Major Problems

LANSING - There are three major problems in Michigan and labor and environmental activists united Wednesday to back environmentally friendly jobs as a way to solve all three issues at once, said officials with the BlueGreen Alliance at a news conference Wednesday. "There are three crises in Michigan," said Mark Schauer, a former U.S. House

By |2011-05-25T00:00:00-04:00May 25th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Meadowlark Builders President Named Remodeling Entrepreneur Finalist

ANN ARBOR - Doug Selby, President of Meadowlark Builders has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2011 Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Selby was chosen by a highly esteemed panel of judges from Case Design/Remodeling, Inc., Hanley-Wood and Harvard University?s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The judging was based on four

By |2011-05-24T00:00:00-04:00May 24th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Environmental Groups Look To Impose New Standards On Oil, Gas Drilling

LANSING - Citizens and environmental groups have joined forces in an attempt to slow down the natural gas rush they say is underway in Michigan. Representatives of Clean Water Action, the Sierra Club and Progress Michigan want hydraulic fracturing methods used to extract gas from deep wells stopped until safety and health concerns are addressed

By |2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Students Invited To Display Renewable Energy Ideas At RE-Fair May 23

MUSKEGON - High school and community college students have been invited to display their renewable energy or sustainable business ideas at MAREC's first annual Renewable Energy and Technology Science Fair (RE-Fair) May 23 at the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center. The incentive of a friendly competition has been shown to promote deeper learn-ing as

By |2011-05-17T00:00:00-04:00May 17th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan House Committee OKs Environmental Regulation Reforms

LANSING - The Department of Environmental Quality will be required to complete process improvement of major programs under HB 4016 , and state departments responsible for routine inspections would be directed to randomly select persons or companies for performing inspections under HB 4017. Both bills were unanimously reported Wednesday from the House Regulatory Reform Committee.

By |2011-05-12T00:00:00-04:00May 12th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Two Enviro Groups File Lawsuit Against State Over Holland Coal-Fired Plant

LANSING - Two environmental organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Environmental Quality, charging it violated state rules when it issued an air pollution permit for the expansion of a Holland coal-fired power plant. In the suit, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Fund charged that the then Department of Natural

By |2011-05-12T00:00:00-04:00May 12th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

PACE Bond Retrofits May Jump-start Commercial Real Estate

WARREN - On Dec. 14, 2010, Property Assessed Clean Energy Bond legislation was signed into law by then Gov. Jennifer Granholm. PACE bonds are a municipal bond where the proceeds are lent to commercial property owners to finance energy efficiency measures and renewable energy systems. The owners of these energy retrofits subsequently repay their loans

By |2011-05-10T00:00:00-04:00May 10th, 2011|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|