Posts from October 2009
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October 31, 2009
At its recent meeting in Detroit earlier this month, seven of the eleven states in the Midwestern Governors Association (including Michigan) signed an accord that provides a road map of work to be done to transition the region…
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October 28, 2009
Early in October Tom Friedman from the New York Times spoke in Grand Rapids. He addressed a crowd of 700 on many of the messages contained in his most recent book Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need…
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October 22, 2009
Michigan Tech University has determined that camelina, a weed from the mustard family, can be used to make a jet biofuel that produces 80 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum jet fuel. Camelina has naturally high…
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October 19, 2009
Math has always been my friend: it is certain, reliable, and precise. It can predict when train #2 will overtake train #1. In the realm of wind energy it explains why offshore is better than onshore. Wind energy…
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October 14, 2009
By Executive Order dated July 30, 2009, Governor Granholm put into motion the climate action plan recommended by the Michigan Climate Action Council. She set goals of a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by…
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October 9, 2009
The Department of Energy has awarded an initial $3.71 million grant to study whether carbon dioxide from Holland Board of Public Work’s proposed new coal-fired electric generating plant can be safely injected in below-ground sandstone formations. PraxAir Inc.…
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