WASHINGTON DC - Wind energy installed more electric generating capacity last year than any other energy source in America, contends a report by The American Wind Energy Association. “These impressive results drive home the point that Wind is a cost-effective solution that makes business sense,” said Chris Brown, President of Vestas, Americas. “More than 500
WASHINGTON DC - A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a stay sought by numerous states' attorneys general, including Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette, of the federal carbon emissions rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where the challenge to the EPA's Clean Power
LANSING - Michigan is well-positioned to meet its Clean Power Plan standards - In fact, World Resources Institute finds that Michigan can use existing energy policies to get 98 percent of the way to meeting the state’s target under the CPP, and with smarter, more efficient use of natural gas and coal plants the state
LANSING - The state's two largest utilities are fighting back against what they believe have been potential misrepresentations about news from state officials on Tuesday that the state can essentially maintain business-as-usual practices and still be in compliance for at least a decade with the federal Clean Power Plan on carbon emissions. "In less than
