AUSTIN - Do "green" products and marketing matter in the enterprise technology industry? According to GreenFactor, a global green enterprise IT study released by Strategic Oxygen, GCI Group and Cohn & Wolfe, green products are not only highly important for the environment, they are potentially profitable: More than 70 per cent of the global respondents
LANSING - The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has agreed with lower courts, and with state attorneys general, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with regulating ballast water under the federal Clean Water Act. Attorney General Mike Cox, who is participating in the California-based case on behalf of the state, announced the
MANISTEE - Tom Stanton, who heads up the Michigan Public Service Commission's Renewable Energy Program, talks about the 30 percent federal tax credit that is available through Dec. 31 for anyone who buys energy saving products for their homes. Hear all about it in this GreenTech edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com
MANISTEEE - Another bright alternative energy idea from the Michigan Energy Fair - Bright Idea Energy Solutions of Chicago offers a different twist on generating wind energy, using a vertical cone shaped blade rather than propellers. To learn more about this product, listen to this GreenTech edition of Newsmaker interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com
MANISTEE - Joan's Company has an innovative green friendly solution to keeping your house warmer in those very cold Michigan winters - solar window warmers. Joan also has other energy efficient and very low cost ways to keep your toes warm as well. Lean all about it in this special GreenTech edition of News Maker
MANISTEE - An Ann Arbor architectural firm is designing the first green-certified restaurant in the United States, complete with LED lighting, eco friendly heating and cooling and much more. Best of all, it's located in Michigan, in Rochester. To learn more, listen to this GreenTech edition of News Maker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com
LANSING - Armed with a 12-foot tall effigy of Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R-Saugatuck) as puppeteer to three of her colleagues in the Senate and a 20-foot tall inflatable model of a coal fired plant, environmental groups staged a public outcry in front of the Capitol Tuesday against the Senate's energy plan. Terry Miller, chair of
MANISTEE - Eclipse Distributing, at the June Michigan Energy Fair, demonstrated a line of energy efficient, yet environmentally friendly stoves that burn pellets, wood, biodiesel and other sources of energy. To find out more, listen to this GreenTech edition of News Maker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
MANISTEE - Standale Lumber has created an insulated log to make a more energy efficient log home. The yet unnamed product, dubbed the Buzz Log at the Michigan Energy Fair, is just one of many ways Standale Lumber can help homeowners and businesses use less energy to heat and cool their buildings. Get all the
MANISTEE - Mary Bigelow, an exhibitor at the Michigan Energy Fair, also will help businesses and homeowners figure out what alternative energy methods, products and services are right for them. She�??s also the coordinator of a monthly mixer for the green tech players in the greater Grand Rapids area. To learn more, listen to the