The State of Michigan is headed for an Energy Crisis, and the Democrat Party is mostly to blame. From the Alpena News: According to a press release from Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s office, the state’s decision is based on findings of the Michigan Public Service Commission, which said the company failed to demonstrate the plant was [...]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
The Substitution of Legislation by Regulation Click here to view Part 22 The Heavy Hand of the EPA One of the things that makes America different from other countries is our political system, presumably. I mean to say that we elect leaders to represent us and work in our interest among the political causes of [...]
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Click here to view Part 21 Tom Karas says quit “whining” while he kills our children’s future. A couple of weeks back, I noticed that Tom Karas, an out-of town environmentalist, was planning to show up at the Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-op annual meeting to formally demand a complete financial disclosure of Wolverine’s [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
click here to view Part 19 Carbon Capture and Sequestration Our congressman, Bart Stupak announced gleefully the week of October 8th, 2009, that $2.7 million of federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)were awarded to Wolverine Power for carbon capture. I wrote about the stimulus bill on this blog and rereading shows me [...]
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click here to view Part 16 Cap and Trade Cap and Trade was brought to a vote in the U.S. House on June 26th. By a vote of 219-212, the bill passed. Since Bart Stupak was on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the United States House of Representatives, and he is the area’s representative, [...]
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click here to view Part 15 Surprise! Michigan doesn’t need Energy! In Part 13 of this series I covered the governor’s state-of-the-state address where she issued a declaration that the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) would be involved with the DEQ in the issuance of air permits. I mentioned that AG Mike Cox forced Granholm [...]
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click here to view Part 14 Here come the politicians In April, during the County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, several state lawmakers spoke in favor of the plant and against the Governor. House Minority Leader Kevin Elsenheimer stated, “Our governor seems to have a real problem with coal-fired power plants. When I was sitting [...]
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click here to view Part 13 Wind Energy Depends on Your Wind Despite the bad political climate, some leaders of Presque Isle County took a trip to observe a coal-fired plant under construction in Boyce, Louisiana. Read the story here. In March, another trip, this time to a wind mill gave some insight on the [...]
click here view Part 12 Michigan Blown Away Governor Jennifer Granholm gave her state-of-the-state address in February adding to the obstacles placed in the way of Presque Isle’s economic recovery. You can read the Advance’s story about it here. She pushed for reliance on solar and wind power and energy conservation. Strong conservation habits will [...]
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click here to view Part 11 Michigan: Pure, Pristine and Poor Several things happened in the weeks following the Rogers City public hearings. We learned that due to an error in the public comment ad taken out by the DEQ, the public comment period would be extended to January with another public hearing in Lansing [...]
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