LAKE ORION ? A field next to General Motors' Orion Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano, will soon hold a solar array with enough capacity to annually power 45 homes in Michigan. The energy from the 350-kilowatt array owned by DTE Energy will be sent back to the grid for use
LANSING - The boards of directors for the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan and the Michigan Corn Growers Association announced that Jim Zook has been named Executive Director for both organizations. Zook, who brings more than 30 years of well-rounded experience to the position, assumes his duties June 25 at the Michigan Corn Office in
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company's new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine Wednesday was named 2012 International Engine of the Year based on votes cast by 76 journalists from 35 countries around the world. The small, high-tech three-cylinder engine also hauled in two other awards ? ?Best New Engine? and ?Best Engine Under 1.0-Liter.? The awards were presented
ROCHESTER - "Good, Green Fun" is in order when the seventh annual Green Living Festival kicks off the first weekend of summer, June 22-24 in downtown Rochester. More than 50,000 expected to tour the exhibits, take in the parade, eat the food, hear the speakers and music at one of the largest green events on
ANN ARBOR - In less than three months, 3,000 cars with state-of-the-art wireless communication systems will be driving around Ann Arbor as part of a University of Michigan and U.S. Department of Transportation experiment: the largest real-world intelligent vehicle deployment ever conducted in North America. Top transportation officials and experts are speculating that major automobile
LANSING - A package of bills unveiled Tuesday in the Senate would allow low-income families to seek assistance paying their heating bills before they receive a shut-off notice. Under the bills (SB 1134 , SB 1135 ), families earning 115 percent of poverty or less would be eligible for assistance as soon as they get
MUSKEGON ? This week, Grand Valley State University anchored a research buoy 35 miles offshore in Lake Michigan to help assess the commercial-scale viability of wind generation in the Great Lakes. The buoy can now collect wind measurements up to 175 meters high, which is the same height as next-generation wind turbines currently being marketed,
LANSING - Proponents of legislation that would remove a requirement for lakefront property owners to obtain a permit to groom their beaches criticized Thursday the Department of Environmental Quality's effectiveness in managing the current permitting process. Beachfront owners told the Senate Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee they should not be required to get
TRAVERSE CITY - The Great Lakes Bioneers announced this year's Great Lakes Youth Ambassador awards will go to six students for their interest and actions in support of people and the planet. Each student will receive $100 to be used for higher education or an earth-and-people-friendly project. The awards will be announced during the Northern
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats want to see action on a package of bills that would place a two-year moratorium on the practice of hydraulic fracturing in Michigan and force the companies to disclose what chemicals they will use in the process. The final bill in the package (HB 5565 , HB 5151 , HB