EAST LANSING - Michigan has serious work to do in order to comply with the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, according to a recently released report from the Niskanen Center, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. In order to achieve compliance, Michigan electricity producers would need to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 22.5
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement authorizing Consumers Energy Company to increase its natural gas rates by $40 million annually, though that is $20 million below what the utility self-implemented in January, the PSC said. A future reconciliation proceeding will determine the amount to be refunded to customers, plus
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality would be required to notify local users of a water system about a tier II violation within two business days - a change from the 30-day window currently required - under a bill taken up in the House Government Operations Committee on Thursday. Under HB 5120, sponsored
HOLLAND - Boxed Water wants to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by launching a partnership with the National Forest Foundation to plant more than 200,000 trees in 2016. Boxed Water is an eco-friendly alternative to water packaged in plastic. ReTree, a Boxed Water-NFF partnership, has a five-year goal of planting one million trees by
DETROIT - Four Michigan companies will each receive $50,000 worth of business commercialization acceleration services and cash after winning the 8th Annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge held this week at the SAE World Congress. AutoHarvest, Automation Alley, AutoTech Technology Development, BrooksKushman, Detroit Regional Chamber, DENSO, Eisbrenner Public Relations, ESG Automotive, Franco Public Relations
LANSING - Based on information it released, Enbridge Energy is in violation of the easement it has with the state in terms of it Line 5 running along the Straits of Mackinac, and the state should require the company to repair the pipeline or close it down if it cannot be repaired in the timeframe
HOLLAND - An energy era ended April 13 in Holland when 76-year-old James De Young Power Plant stopped burning coal and converted to natural gas. Leftover coal still at JDY will be sold to other organizations as part of the preparation for removal of the coal yard and ash ponds in 2017. “JDY is a
LANSING - The effort is not over yet for creating a new energy policy for Michigan as some 10 plants are expected to shut down over the next two weeks, Sen. Mike Nofs said Monday. "It's not dead," Nofs (R-Battle Creek), chair of the Senate Energy and Technology Committee, told Gongwer News Service. After considerable
WASHINGTON DC - Climate change is a major threat to human health, with extreme heat likely to kill 27,000 Americans annually by 2100, according to a report released by the White House. The report, by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, outlines numerous ways global warming could devastate public health in the U.S. this century.
LANSING - The air pollution rules headed for likely final approval will not see the drastic changes in handling of toxic and potentially toxic chemicals the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality had originally proposed. The final version of the rules approved by the department have some additional exemptions from air toxics permitting but still generally
