Builder Has Open House for Foam Home
Creative Composite Solutions, a green building material company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona has just completed a super insulated energy efficient home in downtown Rochester.More
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Mitt Debates Mitt on Climate
One is a mild-mannered moderate. The other is a fire-breathing, right-wing conservative. One embraces science, innovation, and the progress of the 21st century. The other prefers the ideas of the Stone Age. More
Congress Extends Payroll Tax Relief for Two Months
After much debate and political maneuvering, Congress has passed a two-month extension of payroll tax relief. The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 will extend through February 29, 2012 the 2010 Tax Relief Act provision that reduced the employee portion of the Social Security tax on earned income from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. More
Great Lakes Energy News – January 2012
Michigan News
GLREA celebrated 20 years of efforts to increase renewable energy use in Michigan at the Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony held on Dec. 3 at the Arbor Brewing Company of Ann Arbor. State Rep. Jeff Irwin of Ann Arbor updated the membership on key legislative issues.More
Student Goes Green To Get To France
Wylie E. Groves Junior Alicia Lerner recycles used gift cards and hotel keys into guitar picks, and is selling them to raise money for her French class trip to France in summer 2012.More
MBCE News You Can Use
Consumers Energy and DTE both reported this week that they’re making progress on meeting the state’s renewable energy mandate that requires utilities to get 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2015.More
Clean Cities Activity Continues in West Michigan
West Michigan Clean Cities’ stakeholders can expect an exciting year ahead. Thanks to extended funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Clean Energy Coalition will continue its work to bring U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) designation to the 11-county area of Southwest Michigan.More
Allegiance Health Pushes Forward with Green Initiative with Help from Consumers’ Energy Saving Solutions Program and Local Lighting Manufacturer
Allegiance Health is in the process of replacing all of its parking lot and garage light fixtures with energy efficient induction fixtures from Jackson based lighting manufacturer Full Spectrum Solutions, Inc.More
Websites That Work by Harmonie Ponder
Print encyclopedias, card catalogs and the Dewey Decimal System are things of the past. Today, when information is needed, nearly everyone turns to the internet. In fact, the neologism “google” was officially added to both the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in 2006.More
Ford: Focus Electric may crack 100 MPGe
Ford Motor Co. expects its upcoming Focus Electric will be the first five-passenger vehicle in the United States to receive a 100 MPGe rating from the Environmental Protection Agency.More
Mitt Debates Mitt on Climate
One is a mild-mannered moderate. The other is a fire-breathing, right-wing conservative. One embraces science, innovation, and the progress of the 21st century. The other prefers the ideas of the Stone Age. More
Congress Extends Payroll Tax Relief for Two Months
After much debate and political maneuvering, Congress has passed a two-month extension of payroll tax relief. The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 will extend through February 29, 2012 the 2010 Tax Relief Act provision that reduced the employee portion of the Social Security tax on earned income from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. More
Great Lakes Energy News – January 2012
Michigan News
GLREA celebrated 20 years of efforts to increase renewable energy use in Michigan at the Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony held on Dec. 3 at the Arbor Brewing Company of Ann Arbor. State Rep. Jeff Irwin of Ann Arbor updated the membership on key legislative issues.More
Student Goes Green To Get To France
Wylie E. Groves Junior Alicia Lerner recycles used gift cards and hotel keys into guitar picks, and is selling them to raise money for her French class trip to France in summer 2012.More
MBCE News You Can Use
Consumers Energy and DTE both reported this week that they’re making progress on meeting the state’s renewable energy mandate that requires utilities to get 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2015.More
Clean Cities Activity Continues in West Michigan
West Michigan Clean Cities’ stakeholders can expect an exciting year ahead. Thanks to extended funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Clean Energy Coalition will continue its work to bring U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) designation to the 11-county area of Southwest Michigan.More
Allegiance Health Pushes Forward with Green Initiative with Help from Consumers’ Energy Saving Solutions Program and Local Lighting Manufacturer
Allegiance Health is in the process of replacing all of its parking lot and garage light fixtures with energy efficient induction fixtures from Jackson based lighting manufacturer Full Spectrum Solutions, Inc.More
Websites That Work by Harmonie Ponder
Print encyclopedias, card catalogs and the Dewey Decimal System are things of the past. Today, when information is needed, nearly everyone turns to the internet. In fact, the neologism “google” was officially added to both the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in 2006.More
Ford: Focus Electric may crack 100 MPGe
Ford Motor Co. expects its upcoming Focus Electric will be the first five-passenger vehicle in the United States to receive a 100 MPGe rating from the Environmental Protection Agency.More
