Lower solar prices, tax credits entice homeowners, small businesses
Besides Black Star, a number of other wineries are installing solar, Clark said, including Chateau Chantal Winery, Good Neighbor and Round Barn Winery.
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The EPA Clean Power Plan – are we better off without it? Clean energy proponents were dismayed – to say the least – by the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to delay implementation of EPA Clean Power Plan rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. It was an unprecedented action by the court; for…
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2016 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook Bloomberg New Energy Finance issued its annual assessment of the state of sustainable energy in the United States. The Factbook provides considerable detail and analysis of energy trends and documents the decoupling of energy consumption and economic growth – the U.S. economy grew by 10% since 2007 while primary energy…
MI businesses see progress and profit in advanced energy
Advanced energy does often make you think about renewables – wind and solar. But it’s important to remember that energy efficiency is the least cost alternative. So energy efficiency needs to be a part of that advanced energy definition.
The Paris Climate Agreement: Meeting the challenges while creating new opportunities
How important is the agreement world leaders reached in Paris and how are we to assess the significance of the Paris climate accord? An overwhelming scientific consensus tells us that emissions of greenhouse gases, if left unabated, will result is systemic changes in the global climate system, ocean acidification, rising sea levels, and an increase…
Michigan Sustainable Winegrowers Program
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Going Green to Save Green
CARLETON — High up in the greenhouse, shade cloths that partially screen the sun are incorporated into the roofing panels and are so effective at retaining thermal heat that in the winter the growers can turn off the heating system. On the floor, all the water that makes its way there is channeled and recycled.…
Green & Grow Your Congregation – Friday, Oct 9th
On Friday October 9, 2015, Michigan IPL will hold its 10th Annual Sustainability Conference at Peoples Church in East Lansing. This year’s theme is: Green & Grow Your Congregation. The goal of this conference is to provide attendees with actionable information about how sustainability (onsite energy efficiency, renewable energy, etc.) can enable growth in congregations.…
Sustainability Issues and Solutions for the Michigan Wine Industry
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WineAmerica 2015 National Grape and Wine Policy Conference
Last week WineAmerica held the 2015 National Grape and Wine Policy Conference in Washington, DC. The conference consisted of visits to Capitol Hill to meet with Representatives and informational panels. The panel presentations covered major legislative issues related to the United States wine industry with presentations from members of Congress, their staff, industry members, and…