Voters could put a commitment to renewable energy in the Michigan Constitution next month. Supporters of the ballot question say Michigan can be a leader in the production of clean energy like wind and solar. Opponents say the constitution is not...
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An Upper Peninsula mining company is shuttering a biomass facility it just opened earlier this year. Cliffs Natural Resources officials say the Marquette County factory...
By Linda Stephan and Peter Payette
In Traverse City, "Biomass" was ubiquitous last year in local debate over power generation and alternative energy. But there were some strong...
Journalist Keith Schneider says the future of renewable energy in the U.S. is not bright. He sees opposition to large scale renewable energy coming from both the political left and right.
Voters in Traverse City rejected a proposal to change the governing structure of the city's electric utility. A ballot measure would have made the utility a city...
A few months back, officials at Traverse City Light and Power were in the hot seat over a plan to burn wood to generate electricity at a new in-town power plant....
A new study says there would be no measurable health effects from a wood burning biomass plant in Traverse City.
The city's utility board set aside plans to pursue...
Traverse City's electric utility has put aside their controversial plan to build a wood burning biomass plant. The Light and Power Board voted last night to make natural...
When the board of Traverse City's electric utility voted to pursue a new wood burning biomass plant earlier this year, members admitted they didn't know much about the health effects. Since then Traverse City Light and Power hired an...
A Traverse City utility is beginning to look at possible health effects from a proposed wood biomass plant. Over the next few weeks, a consulting firm will study emissions...
