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Michigan House Committee OKs Treating Waste-To-Energy As Renewable

LANSING - Despite opposition from some environmental groups, legislation broadening what sources of energy would be considered renewable for the purposes of energy providers meeting the required minimum of energy generated from renewable sources cleared the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee on Tuesday with bipartisan support. Under the H-3 substitute for HB 5205 ,

By |2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan Senate Defeats Truck Weight Changes

LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Tuesday rejected by a wide margin a bill that would reduce Michigan's 164,000-pound gross weight limit for trucks to 80,000 pounds, but Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said the bill isn't quite dead yet. There was much debate about SB 1150 , but in the end, it was defeated

By |2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

Server Shipments Grew 1 Percent In 3Q 2014s

STAMFORD, Conn. - In the third quarter of 2014, worldwide server shipments grew 1 percent year-over-year, while revenue moved upward 1.7 percent from the third quarter of 2013, according to Gartner Inc. "The third quarter of 2014 produced modest growth on a global level, highlighting positive but constrained demand," said Errol Rasit, research director at

By |2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

MiQuest Offers Two Ways For Startups To Get Noticed At ACE’15 Jan. 29

LIVONIA - MiQuest is excited to present two immediate opportunities for high tech startups in Michigan at ACE'15 on January 29. Entrepreneurs looking for investment and technology oriented, web-based or intellectual property centric should apply for high value exposure to the Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem. Exhibitors get two admission tickets, a skirted table, listing in the

By |2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Sustainable Business Forum Luncheon Looks At Whirlpool Energy Efficiency Programs

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon program on Whirlpool?s sustainability and residential energy efficiency programs, plus Property Assessed Clean Energy financing December 8 at Kendall College of Art & Design in downtown Grand Rapids. Maureen Sertich, North American Sustainability Lead for Whirlpool, will talk about the company's ReNEWW project

By |2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Snyder: Trade Mission Opened Markets For Participants

LANSING - Michigan has new agreements on automotive industry cooperation with China and several businesses have new customer and distributorship possibilities as a result of Governor Rick Snyder's most recent trade trip to China. This fourth trade mission to the most populous nation included visits to Beijing, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou and included opportunities

By |2014-11-28T00:00:00-05:00November 28th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

Verizon Wireless Network Recognized For Best Overall Performance in Flint

FLINT - Verizon Wireless was awarded for best Overall Performance in Flint when tested against other carriers. Verizon also posted winning scores in reliability, speed, data, and text performance. The survey was conducted by Root Metrics from October 31 to November 4 and marked the fourth consecutive time Verizon has won the Root Metrics Overall

By |2014-11-28T00:00:00-05:00November 28th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Key Michigan House Committee Chairs Not Returning Next Term

LANSING - Chairs of some of the more prominent committees in the House, including the Regulatory Reform and Commerce committees, will not be returning next term and replacements are unclear as the Committee on Committees works to make recommendations to House Speaker-elect Kevin Cotter. Rep. Al Pscholka (R-Stevensville) has already been named chair of the

By |2014-11-28T00:00:00-05:00November 28th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|