Lansing Field Trip: Michigan Public Service Commission
Today marked my quarterly pilgrimage to the great center of Mitten-power, that is, Lansing, Michigan. I go up every few
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Making Detroit Great Again– Through More Surface Parking
Well, this is awful. Today, developer Emmett Moten began demolition of the Detroit Saturday Night Building. This will give him
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En route to the Green Task Force meeting at Walker-Miller Energy Services in New Center, I stopped at 550 W.
Read MoreMonopolies Kill My Dreams Of Better Things
Today a DTE representative uttered probably the least inspiring words that one can ever hear in a volunteer workgroup meeting.
Read MoreDetroiters Grapple With Questions of Energy Future
Yesterday evening, concerned citizens, activists, and energy professionals packed a lecture room at Wayne County Community College in downtown Detroit
Read MoreThe Red-Blooded, Gas-Fired Future of Midwestern Energy
I attended a forum on DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday. The state’s public service commission, an entity that seems to
Read MoreChanging Urban Landscapes With Changing Energy Landscapes
NO AMERICAN LAWYER WOULD EVER SIGN OFF ON THIS, I thought, as I grasped an iron railing, looking up into
Read MoreDetroit: Proposed Crackdown on Slumlords
The Duggan Administration just announced a proposed ordinance that would crack down on slumlords by forcing their properties into compliance
Read MoreEnergy And The Onus of Design Standards For Publicly Funded Projects
As the Michigan legislature debates– and will invariably pass- a bill that will open the floodgates for massive public expenditure on
Read MoreOntario Hydro vs. Michigan Coal: A Cross-Border Perspective on Energy Policy
Michigan’s neighboring state, also known as the Canadian province of Ontario, has been struggling for months with untenable increases in
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