LANSING - A local government would be able to adopt an ordinance to prevent, control or eradicate aquatic invasive species in waters within the its boundaries and impose fees if an aquatic invasive species were present in the waters under legislation discussion by the Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. The fees collected -
LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy is putting money toward energy efficiency improvements including solar panels at its Lansing offices, the agency said in a statement Monday. In doing so, the agency will become the first energy agency in the nation to make improvements using Property Assessed Clean Energy financing. Using the financing method
LANSING – Want to learn more about advanced lighting products? Then NextEnergy’s Michigan Advanced Lighting Conference may be for you. Registration opened Tuesday for the Oct. 29 one-day conference at the Radisson Hotel Lansing at the Capitol. This year’s conference continues its focus on LED (also known as solid-state) technology, which provides building owners the
WARREN - A former Farmer Jack grocery store that Wayne State University renovated into its Advanced Technology Education Center has been certified as the university’s first ever LEED Gold building because it uses 30 percent less energy than a standard building of its size and use. The 40,000 square-foot ATEC opened in fall 2014. Gold is
GREEN BAY - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy on Wednesday announced the expansion of the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge to include most of St. Martin Island and all of Rocky Island in Lake Michigan. The expansion adds another 1,290 acres to the 330-acre refuge, part of the Grand Traverse
EAST LANSING - Richard Lunt, of the Michigan State University College of Engineering, has been awarded the 2015 Ovshinsky Sustainable Energy Fellowship, a national prize from the American Physical Society to support research in energy sustainability. The award, named for Stanford R. Ovshinsky, encourages the development of low-cost technologies that do not rely on fossil
DETROIT - The City of Detroit ambulance fleet is going green.Last summer, over the summer, the city partnered with NextEnergy and Navitas Systems to retrofit 31 city ambulances with auxiliary power units, saving the City money and improving air quality. The upgrades are funded by a $1 million grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation's
CHICAGO - Clean Energy Trust is calling on the most innovative cleantech startups from across the Midwest to compete in the 6th Annual Clean Energy Trust Challenge, a single-day pitch competition that will award $1 million to start-ups in April 2016 - nearly ten times the amount distributed at the annual event in 2011. The
MUSKEGON - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum's September membership meeting will feature a spotlight on sustainability at Harley-Davidson, beach clean-ups, and waste diversion. This month's luncheon is at the Harley-Davidson Sustainability Spotlighted At Business Forum Institute in Muskegon September 14 from Noon to 2 pm. The leading brand in an industry not traditionally known for
LANSING - A bipartisan group of four representatives representing both peninsulas said Thursday they are introducing bills designed to remove barriers for businesses and individuals in the state to generate their own energy and receive fair-value pricing. Rep. Jeff Irwin(D-Ann Arbor) andRep. Ed McBroom(R-Vulcan) worked on similar legislation last term and joinedRep. Scott Dianda(D-Calumet) andRep.
