LANSING - After first inquiring with the utilities it regulates, the Michigan Public Service Commission urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to tell its interstate natural gas pipeline operators to adjust their rates in response to the lowered corporate tax rates under the new federal tax law. The MPSC said the FERC should "take immediate
ANN ARBOR - Global surface temperatures surged by a record amount from 2014 to 2016, boosting the total amount of warming since the start of the last century by more than 25 percent in just three years, according to a University of Arizona-led team that includes a University of Michigan scientist. "Our paper is the
ANN ARBOR - Waves lapping against the shoreline is always a pretty scene, but it may also be a way for toxins from harmful algal blooms to become airborne. Harmful algal blooms—blooms composed of blue-green algae—crop up throughout the Great Lakes region during hot summers. Algae reproduces, unchecked, producing toxins and sapping oxygen from water.
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University will lead a team of experts in evaluating the economic and environmental impacts of a “worst case scenario” spill or release from the Line 5 Straits Pipelines. The State of Michigan announced Friday that it reached a contract agreement with Michigan Tech to have Guy Meadows lead an independent risk analysis of
LANSING - Underused spaces within and around Eastern Market in Detroit will become activated with artful wind turbines through the help of a new crowdfunding campaign. The campaign, offered through the Michigan-based platform Patronicity is sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, CAN Art Handworks, and Eastern Market Corporation. If the campaign reaches its crowdfunding
HOUSTON - High-performance electrodes for lithium-ion batteries can be improved by paying closer attention to their defects -- and capitalizing on them, according to Rice University scientists. Rice materials scientist Ming Tang and chemists Song Jin at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Linsen Li at Wisconsin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology led a study
EAST LANSING — See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bigger, bulkier rooftop solar units, scientists report in a recent issue of the scientific journal Nature Energy. Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that
LANSING - An agreement between the state of Michigan and Enbridge Energy Partners on the Line 5 oil pipeline calls for a series of safety measures such as moving it beneath the St. Clair River and a study into putting it underneath the Straits of Mackinac as well, but the state says shutting down the
LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy issued its latest Winter Energy Appraisal Thursday, which states energy use in the state is expected to increase again this year, with projections for fuel demand to also rise. Despite the projected increase in winter energy use, projected year-over-year demand for natural gas and electricity is expected to
NOVI - With each day there seems to come another advance in technology to enhance the way we live, work and play. Developments in electric and autonomous vehicles, how we generate and use electricity, and ways to store energy are just a few of the innovations that are changing the consumer landscape. Sounds good, right?
