A true environmentalist welcomes the chance to reduce his or her carbon footprint in all facets of life, even travel. A green adventure suggests a tropical paradise, away from civilization and surrounded by natural beauty. While admiring nature, however, do you ever wonder if the hotel you’re staying at has adopted green protocols for waste disposal, energy conservation, or recycling?More

As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee prepares to take up a variety of tax credits important to the advanced energy industry next week, a group of 28 Senators and 118 Members of Congress have signed on to letters urging Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit that expired at the end of 2013.More

After the last census in 2010, we learned that 2.6 million more people had slipped into poverty in the United States! As of 2012, the number of US residents living below the official poverty line is 46.5 million people, the highest absolute number in more than half a century. More and more folks in the US are chronically unemployed. Our nation’s capital has the highest rate of homelessness in the US. The list goes on. So what are we going to do about it?More

Munsell’s Poultry Processing in Howell Township will soon be able process unlimited volumes of poultry under a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection agreement.More

With a new race, better viewing areas and a fund-raising event for the city’s “crown jewel,” the 2014 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will not only entertain its guests, it will continue to improve the city that serves as its host, said Penske Corp.’s Bud Denker.More

Hundreds of Southeast Michigan tech industry professionals gathered today at the Detroit Marriott Troy for Automation Alley’s Technology Industry Outlook Luncheon, where the technology business association released its annual Technology Industry Report. Providing an in-depth analysis of Southeast Michigan’s technology economy and its key industries, the report, with data compiled by Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, benchmarks the Greater Detroit region against 14 other high-tech hubs across the nation.More

Energy issues continued to be a prime focus of the Michigan policy discussion this week, with both the House and Senate energy committees holding hearings on separate issues and the Michigan Public Service Commission’s Solar Working Group continuing their work. More

The Office of Regulatory Reinvention (ORR) today publicly released its report to Governor Rick Snyder containing 18 recommendations for improving Michigan’s rulemaking processes, while maintaining government transparency.More

The television is on in the background, but you hear the opening notes of a commercial and you know what’s coming.

The mellow voice of Birmingham’s own Tim Allen extolling the sand, the lighthouses, the snow, the total pleasure of Pure Michigan.

It makes you feel warm and fuzzy about the state you live in – but does it work for the millions of leisure travelers and the corporate and association meeting planners at whom Pure Michigan is also aimed?

The short answer is “yes”.More