From TC to DC: Group Joins National Push for Carbon Tax

From TC to DC: Group Joins National Push for Carbon Tax

Aug 15, 2013 |

Maura Brennan and Elizabeth Dell co-lead what they say is the largest Michigan chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, a national group sharply focused on a very specific goal: Convincing Congress to enact a carbon tax on coal, oil, and natural gas and distribute the money to all American households. The market-based logic is simple: Raising fossil fuel prices will push the country toward ever-cheaper, renewable, clean power sources such as wind, solar, and energy efficiency, cutting the greenhouse gas emissions warming our planet.

Novi Solar Developer Joins Feds’ Race to the Rooftops

Novi Solar Developer Joins Feds’ Race to the Rooftops

Jul 24, 2013 |

Srinergy has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s nationwide Race to the Rooftops contest. The firm and the partners it is recruiting will compete for part of a $10 million prize. It will be shared among the first three teams that install 6,000 smaller-scale solar systems on homes or businesses while keeping their “soft costs”-everything but the panels and other hardware-at or below $1 per watt.

Mackinac Pipeline Rally Will Raise Energy, Climate Issues

Mackinac Pipeline Rally Will Raise Energy, Climate Issues

Jul 9, 2013 |

Organizers are rallying at Bridge View Park in St. Ignace to warn that there’s a 60-year-old oil pipeline beneath the Straits, operated by the same company responsible for the Kalamazoo pipeline oil spill, and that it’s putting the Great Lakes ecosystem at serious risk.

Obama tackles climate change in impressive address

Obama tackles climate change in impressive address

Jul 2, 2013 |

On June 25, President Barack Obama stepped up to the podium at Georgetown University, and truly stepped up to the plate on climate change, wowing even the most ardent and committed advocates with his remarkably frank comments about global warming-and what he will do about it.

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