GRAND RAPIDS ? The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is meeting Nov. 8 at Fountain Street Church where Liz McCormick and Bill Fluharty will present on a local initiative to explore urban agriculture and regional food systems, the topic recently explored by a newly created open source community learning platform called the Keller Futures Center.
LANSING - Two new clean energy projects approved under the Centers of Energy Excellence program will focus on clean energy manufacturing and solar power. The program brings companies, academic institutions, national labs and the state together to support cutting-edge research and development and pioneer new clean energy technology. ?Michigan is acting boldly to be the
DETROIT ? The jewel of Detroit, Belle Isle's 104-year old Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, will get a multi-million green facelift to its aging heating system that could save taxpayers $30 million in energy costs over the next decade. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced that the city had received $8.8 million in Department of Energy grant
DEXTER - As the Nov. 2 election day approaches, politicians, candidates and non-profit lobbying organizations can receive donations when consumers recycle used cell phones through SecureTradeIn.com, powered by ReCellular, an e-waste company specializing in the collection, reuse and recycling of used personal electronics, particularly mobile phones. ReCellular is the first to offer this newly approved
FLINT - Kettering University stepped up to the Ford Motor Company Fund's 2010 Ford College Community Challenge and has won a $50,000 grant to perform an energy audit and develop a geo-thermal system for an urban gardening greenhouse project. Kettering Professor Matthew Sanders and his senior Industrial Engineering capstone class worked with Harvesting Earth Educational
DETROIT ? Alternative Energy Startup NextCAT has received $250,000 in seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. NextCAT is commercializing biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University that will allow biodiesel producers to use cost-effective raw materials. Founded in 2009, NextCAT is commercializing a class of catalysts
WASHINGTON - Voters from Connecticut to California and Michigan to Florida are more likely to support candidates who support an energy bill that cuts climate change pollution, based on new poll results released Monday. New surveys by Public Policy Polling for the National Resources Defense Committee Action Fund from 23 key Congressional Districts show that
DETROIT - OnStar on Wednesday will announce the launch of MyVolt.com, a new website that will give Chevrolet Volt owners the ability to remotely access information specific to their vehicle and control various functions of their car. The new website uses a real-time data connection to enhance the overall Volt ownership experience. It allows owners
GREENVILLE - The City of Greenville, the Greenville Public Schools and Energy Works Michigan welcomed Governor Jennifer Granholm to this western Michigan community Monday to view the city's ambitious $28 million GreenERville Project, to install made-in-Michigan solar panels on all municipal and school district facilities. Some $2.5 million has already been raised to pay for
LANSING ? Michigan state tax credits to a Texas-based solar module manufacturer should be questioned and the scrutiny the Michigan Economic Development Corporation gave to GlobalWatt should be reviewed, spokespersons for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy said Wednesday, charging it had found evidence the firm may not have been truthful in its application. But