NEW YORK - What had been a potent "super" El Niño is now officially over, federal forecasters announced Thursday. They also said the hurricane-boosting La Niña climate pattern is expected to begin over the next few months. "The team still favors La Niña to emerge sometime during the summer months," the forecast from the Climate Prediction Center said, putting
NEW YORK - Despite a noted slowdown in the electric vehicle (EV) industry in 2024, significant progress has been made in their adoption over the last decade. Research by Finbold, using data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), found that the global electricity demand stemming from the usage of electric cars skyrocketed by 3,630.77% from 2,600
GRAND RAPIDS–Officials at Steelcase Inc. have announced a commitment to a net-zero future, reducing its carbon emissions over 90% throughout its entire value chain, through its products, operations, and transportation, by 2050. Steelcase released an industry-first net-zero transition plan, “Power of Possibility: A Net-Zero Future Needs Us All.” This plan outlines how the company is
DETROIT - DTE will become a leader in battery storage as it converts a portion of its retired Trenton Channel coal power plant site to house a 220-megawatt battery energy storage center. When complete in 2026, the energy storage center is expected to be the largest standalone battery energy storage project in the Great Lakes
NEW YORK - Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru are will collaborating to develop new types of engines that will be groundbreaking in the market. Japanese automobile makers currently have a strategy that aims at developing better Internal Combustion Engines that are to be installed in its range of hybrids and plug-in hybrids. This partnership was meant
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Education in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and Michigan Association of Pupil Transportation opened applications for the Michigan Clean Bus Energy Grant, a $125 million program aimed at helping Michigan school districts replace aging diesel school buses with cleaner alternatives and accelerating momentum
NEW YORK - Scientists in United States have found that there exist very huge resources of hydrogen gaseous fuel trapped beneath the surface of the earth, that can sustain all consumers for hundreds of years. The Department of Energy has claimed that the resources of hydrogen in some parts of the country to be in trillions
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. and General Motors' chiefs on Thursday offered clashing perspectives on the importance of hybrid vehicles to their long-term strategic outlooks. Ford CEO Jim Farley wants the industry to stop viewing hybrid vehicles as only an interim solution to be used until drivers are comfortable going fully electric, while GM CEO Mary Barra does not
JACKSON - Consumers Energy agreed to pay a $1 million fine and take other steps to improve its performance after the Michigan Public Service Commission investigated complaints about malfunctioning electric meters, violations of rules on estimated billing, and significant delays in providing new electric and gas service. The Commission in October directed Consumers Energy to
GRAND RAPIDS – Aquinas joined more than 2.7 million college students and staff across the country in a National Wildlife Federation competition to reduce the campus waste footprint through minimization efforts. The participating colleges donated, composted and recycled more than 30.7 million pounds of waste. As a result, they have collectively kept more than 105
