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Is It Time For A New Standard For Measuring EV Fuel Efficiency?

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cafe standards, cars, Electric cars, energy policy, epa, epa fuel economy standards, epa fuel standards, fuel, Honda, honda crv, hybrid cars, hybrids, kilowatt, kwh, phev, plug-in electric vehicle, plug-in hybid, rav4, Toyota, toyota rav4, transportation policy, watts

While I was glad to ditch my personal car in August, our household has a new-used car, which we were

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“Electrification Is Not Enough For Decarbonization” – Consumers Energy

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments building decarbonization, carbon transition, decarbonization, demand response, demand-response, distributed generation, electrical grid, electrification, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy transition, energy waste reduction, EWR, Gretchen Whitmer, just transition, michigan, michigan public service commission, MPSC, photovoltaics, policies, policy, pv, rooftop solar, solar panels, state of michigan, utilities, utility, utility infrastructure, utility policy

A new workgroup seeks to address some questions about the future of infrastructure in a state that continues to lag in regulatory and technical innovation.

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Detroit’s Green Task Force Looks Toward Benchmarking, PACE, Energy Codes

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2030 district, bali kumar, ben dueweke, bob bedzyk, city of detroit sustainability office, connie lilley, detroit city council, detroit council, detroit public schools, ecologic institute, EcoWorks, elise matz, energy, energy benchmarking, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy waste reduction, energystar, Joel Howrani-Heeres, josh musicant, kendal kuneman, latia leonard, max gruenig, michal helman, michigan public service commission, POCACITO, policy, randy hargraves, Regulation, scott benson, utilities, utility policy, walker-miller, walker-miller energy services

The Energy Waste Reduction Committee of the Detroit Green Task Force met yesterday morning to talk shop for the last

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Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Singlehandedly Killed Global Crude Oil Markets– And Alberta’s Future, Apparently

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments alberta, athabasca, bakken, Canada, carbon tax, energy markets, energy policy, jason kenney, justin trudeau, laura ingraham, ontario, tar sands, western canada select

Yesterday morning, whilst on a stroll ’round the snowy neighborhood with the hounds, I listened to Laura Lynch on The

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

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 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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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