Archive for the ‘Government & Politics’ Category

Party stalwarts raise their profiles in the process

Environmentalism not just for “rich white people.”

“Asian carp are indeed knocking on the door of the Great Lakes.”

Officials feuded at the capital this week over job cuts. At the same time, The MSU land Policy Institute sponsored a talk on how to create NEW jobs.

General Clark said The U.S. government should take its time deciding what’s next in Afghanistan. But he said hurry up and steer the economy toward new technologies and new markets.

The State of Michigan and utility companies want you to throw out your old light bulbs and get compact fluorescent light bulbs instead.

Alternative energy is real in Europe. But can it work in America and can it bring green jobs to Michigan?

It’s hard to incent a utility to run out and get customers to use less if that ultimately is gonna harm them financially.

I think we’ve got to get out of the fear factor. It’s not just a black white issue. It’s about strong economy. That’s what we’ve got to develop here

Environmental groups came to the capital yesterday to discourage new coal fired power plants from being built.