The historic solar eclipse felt particularly special to us here at Groundwork, as we’ve been working hard in 2017 to celebrate the sun-as a source of income, jobs and community resilience. We have a golden opportunity to harvest millions of dollars in sunlight when it hits rooftops, parking lots, brownfields and vacant land.
What better way to honor the Summer Solstice than with a celebration of the sun and its ability to power our society’s transition toward renewable energy? Groundwork hosts the Michigan Clean Energy Conference & Fair, June 23-25, in Traverse City.
A “green team” of renewable energy leaders will help Traverse City fulfill its pledge to wean the city off fossil fuels for municipal electricity use. The target date for going 100 percent renewable is 2020.
There’s reason for optimism on the clean energy front here in northern Michigan -even as global temperatures increase each year; the new president turns a blind eye to climate change, and China takes the lead in developing the clean energy economy of tomorrow.
Traverse City adopts goal for municipality to use 100% renewable energy by 2020 -leading the way as the federal government falters on clean energy.
Michigan energy legislation takes promising first step. But bills in Lansing should prioritize local solar and wind jobs.