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Over a week ago, the leading climate research institution, the Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU) was compromised by an email hacker. The hacked emails exposed some of the most nefarious cover-ups in climate research, one of which namely, that the earth has been cooling for the past ten years.
The public has been steadily becoming [...]
Members of PIE&G overwhelmingly trust Wolverine
By unanimous vote, the Presque Isle County Commissioners approved a proposed landfill for Wolverine’s clean coal plant, much to the dismay of the same few people opposed to the project. You can read the Advance’s reporting on the issue [...]
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 [...]
Clean Coal = Michigan Jobs
“Put us to work,” was the chant heard in Lansing on October 6th, 2009 when a bus load of Rogers City activists joined a rally on the steps and the lawn of the capitol. Mayor Beach Hall spoke at the rally .
The Sierra Club’s Theatrics
Reacting to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wolverine asked for an additional hearing to change the way that emissions are measured. The EPA changed the way emissions are measured in the Clean Air Act of 2008, and that standard [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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