ROCHESTER ? MI Earth Day Fest, which drew 50,000 attendees in year's past, is scheduled again for April 26-28 in downtown Rochester after a three-year hiatus. Admission is free. Featuring green and healthy living exhibits, presentations, programs and networking, as well as entertainment, awards, food and family fun, the MI Earth Day Fest will highlight
HOLLAND ? The Holland Board of Public Works has voted to recommend a 20-year renewable energy wind contract with the Michigan Public Power Agency. The energy will come from Beebe Wind in Ithaca. The contract will be presented to Holland City Council for approval March 20. The contract is the second wind energy power purchase
LANSING - About $20 million for emergency dredging activities was approved on Wednesday to be included in a Natural Resources Trust Fund bill that otherwise authorizes spending for various Department of Natural Resources and parks and recreation projects across the state. SB 233 currently includes $23.3 million in appropriations from the fund for 22 acquisition
WASHINGTON D.C. - Companies and communities across the country announced more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects in 2012 that are expected to create 110,000 jobs, according a report released Wednesday by Environmental Entrepreneurs. Michigan ranked second, behind California, with 29 projects. ?It?s now crystal-clear that clean energy and clean transportation are helping
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement agreement authorizing The Detroit Edison Company to refund $9.3 million to customers, or a credit of just shy of $2 for residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month. Customers should see the credit in April, the PSC said, but the commission also
LANSING - Speakers and attendees of the first public forum on energy policy Thursday largely agreed on the need to move toward more renewable power and energy efficiency, but were split on whether the state's current energy law was the way to get there. The goal of the seven forums planned between Thursday and April
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Friday released its report on the implementation of the state's renewable energy standard and its cost effectiveness, showing the estimated renewable energy percentage is expected to reach 4.7 percent in 2012. The state's renewable energy standard is currently set at 10 percent by 2015, and the PSC has
LANSING - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters, which endorsed Governor Rick Snyder in 2010 in the Republican primary, gave Snyder a "C" grade for his first two years in office, according to a statement released Friday. The report card is based on Snyder's bill signings, vetoes, appointments, executive orders, permit approvals and denials during
ANN ARBOR - The city of Ann Arbor is planning to partner with Ann Arbor Public Schools and New York-based Wind Products Inc. on a potential $1.4 million wind energy project. The exact location hasn't been determined yet, but the idea is to install up to two wind turbines as demonstrations on school property, said
LANSING - More of the state would be reachable via trails and those trails would be better maintained under a plan released Thursday by the Department of Natural Resources for public comment. The five-year plan calls for extensions of and improvements to existing trails as well as creation of new trails to serve both non-motorized