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Lansing Field Trip: Michigan Public Service Commission

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Brianna Parker, Brittany Turner, Detroit, EcoWorks, EGLE, energy efficiency, energy waste reduction, Gretchen Whitmer, Joel Howrani-Heeres, Justin Schott, lansing, MDHHS, MEEFA, michigan, Tim Skrotzki

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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Energy Efficiency Utilities

Monopolies Kill My Dreams Of Better Things

October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 admin 0 Comments ACEEEE, BPI, DTE, energy auditing, energy efficiency, energy poverty, energy retrofits, hers, Integrated Resource Plan, IRP, on-bill financing, retrofits

Today a DTE representative uttered probably the least inspiring words that one can ever hear in a volunteer workgroup meeting.

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Energy Efficiency Utilities

Detroiters Grapple With Questions of Energy Future

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments electrical generation, electrical grids, energy efficiency, investor-owned utilities, public utilities, utilities

Yesterday evening, concerned citizens, activists, and energy professionals packed a lecture room at Wayne County Community College in downtown Detroit

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Detroit Energy Efficiency Environment Michigan Ontario

Ontario Hydro vs. Michigan Coal: A Cross-Border Perspective on Energy Policy

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 admin 0 Comments coal, coal power, Detroit, electrical generation, electrical grid, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy poverty, hydro power, hydroelectric, kathleen wynne, michigan, nuclear power, ontario, ontario hydro, photovoltaics, renewable energy, renewables, solar power, utilities, utility bills, wind power

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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Environmental Justice Poverty Urban Planning

Highlighting Detroit’s Sustainable Community Development Projects

June 24, 2015June 25, 2015 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Delray Neighborhood, Detroit riverfront, Detroit solar, DTE Energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, environmental justice, environmental policy, Great Lakes Works, municipal incinerator, social justice, Sustainability in business, sustainable business, sustainable redevelopment, waste to energy, Zug Island

“We often hear about how it’s great to get like-minded people together in the same place,” one USGBC-DRC member

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