Yesterday’s Politico article:
“Our work on light bulbs wasn’t an arbitrary mandate,” he said. “We didn’t just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a [...]
Congressman Fred Upton has been receiving harsh criticism of his quest to become chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Republican has co-sponsored a bill with a liberal Democrat to ban the incandescent light bulb, which was originally made available to the masses by Thomas Edison, because, in Upton’s view, it uses too [...]
There are many reason’s I’m glad to see you go, Jennifer, but number one is the crap you pulled with the Rogers City Coal Plant
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The State of Michigan is headed for an Energy Crisis, and the Democrat Party is mostly to blame.
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 [...]
The Substitution of Legislation by Regulation
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]





