TRAVERSE CITY - Toyota on Monday unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck before dozens of press and industry leaders during the first day of the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars. The new truck, known internally as "Beta," expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal
LANSING - Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality failed to comply with the federal Lead and Copper Rule and were too slow to react when problems were found with the Flint water system, an EPA Office of Inspector General report released Thursday said. The report found that the DEQ, in
LANSING — Michigan state agencies have released for public comment a draft independent analysis of the impacts of a potential oil spill from Enbridge Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. A team led by Michigan Technological University and directed by professor Guy Meadows of Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center submitted the draft report
LANSING - Consumer Energy Alliance Tuesday announced the start of an initiative that will launch specifically in Michigan to educate families and small businesses about wind energy production and the new investment, jobs, opportunities and environmental stewardship that comes with it. The new initiative comes at a time when anti-energy activists across the state are looking
JACKSON — Consumers Energy announced this week that it would file an Integrated Resource Plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission to zero out its use of coal as a power source and hit 37 percent renewables by 2030 and 43 percent to 2040, up from 11 percent today. The company the plan would help
DETROIT - DTE Energy named Valerie M. Williams, CPA, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Williams served as the Assurance Services Managing Partner for Ernst & Young LLP's Southwest Region until 2016. In this role, she had responsibility for a $500 million audit practice encompassing nine states, 14 offices and 1,200 employees. Williams has
LANSING - The Department of Environmental Quality will be studying samples from the public water systems in the state looking for traces of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the department announced Friday. The study is among the efforts of the PFAS Action Response Team to track and address the emerging contaminant. Filmmakers Seek Help In Sounding
DETROIT - Music will take center stage at Beacon Park this summer when the DTE Energy Beacon Park Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership present a free, three-part concert series showcasing national acts. “We’re excited to announce our summer events, including our concerts, which bring a full schedule of fun, free programming to Beacon Park,”
DETROIT - Consumers Energy and DTE Energy Friday said they are accelerating plans to produce cleaner energy in Michigan, targeting at least a 50 percent Clean Energy Goal by 2030– achieved through a combination of investments in at least 25 percent renewable energy, and the remaining through energy efficiency. In the past year, both DTE
NOVI – If you hear low flying helicopters in Southeast Michigan the last 10 days of May, it may be ITC conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines. The aerial inspections will cover the southeast part of the state, including all or parts of Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw
