DETROIT - When you're No. 3, you've got to do something. And at the North American International Auto Show this week, Chrysler showed off three green car concepts, including an all-electric one called the Zeo that will go from zero to sixty in 5.7 seconds and hit 130 miles per hour. The car can also
ONEKAMA ? The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association is now seeking exhibitors for its Third Annual Michigan Energy Fair, scheduled for next June at the Manistee County Fairgrounds. Last June, the Fair features keynote speakers, renewable energy home tours, over 100 exhibitors, and more than 70 workshops. More than 4000 people flocked to the quaint
BRIGHTON - Venture investment in North American and European cleantech companies for the first three quarters jumped 28 percent from a year ago, a whopping $3.6 billion, cites a research report from Cleantech Group. Cleantech estimates that venture investments in China, another hotbed of cleantech innovation, will reach $580 million for all of 2007, up
LANSING - Though the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee only started discussions on one of the bills in a package to implement renewable energy standards and conservation programs for state electric and natural gas utilities, committee Chair Rep. Frank Accavitti Jr. (D-Eastpointe) said he expects to see the bills begin to move next week.
BOSTON - When the sun sets or the wind dies down, renewable energy sources get a lot less reliable. That's why large-scale electricity storage technologies are being pursued by a number of energy technology companies. Although none of these technologies are commonplace, they could fill a niche in the booming solar and wind industries and
LANSING ? Michigan House Great Lakes and Environment Committee Chair Rep. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) said Tuesday that she intends to begin voting at the committee's regular meeting Wednesday on a package of bills to implement the Great Lakes Compact. So far the House package has drawn fire from business groups as placing too many
LANSING - On the eve of Consumers Energy getting granted local tax abatements to build a new coal-fired power plant in Bay County, a coalition of environmental groups is trying to persuade Michigan residents and lawmakers that coal should not be part of the mix of new power facilities in the state. The Hampton Township
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Search giant Google on Tuesday pledged to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make renewable energy cheaper than coal. The effort, dubbed RE>
DETROIT ? Miller Canfield is among the first law firms in the Midwest to assemble an interdisciplinary team dedicated to climate change-related law. Climate change is emerging as a critical policy area around the world, affecting everything from business and industry to consumers and government and regulatory authorities. Earlier this year, President Bush announced the
LANSING - Former Michigan Public Service Commission members Laura Chappelle and David Svanda have joined 36 of their counterparts from across the nation calling on state and federal lawmakers and regulators not to return monopoly control of power markets to the utilities. The letter, noting a number of reports showing customers saving money or power