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Today, Michigan Public's Tracy Samilton discusses a new law designed to get solar and wind projects in Michigan moving. Also, producers of a new documentary about Detroit's bankruptcy discuss it's human impact. Later, Wayne County Commissioner and DNC delegate Jonathan Kinloch, who gained national attention for his resistance to efforts to not certify Wayne County's 2020 Presidential Election results, talks about Detroiters' sentiments to top-of-the-ticket changes.
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Across the state, more than 100 rural communities like Milan Township have passed ordinances banning large-scale solar and wind projects on agricultural land, often involving recall elections of local leaders. A new state law could force them to rethink their opposition — or submit to the state's permitting authority.
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The city released rate estimates for a sustainable energy utility, an optional public utility on the ballot in November.
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Michigan gets a $129 million US EPA grant to assist local governments and tribes in siting, zoning, and permitting utility-scale renewable energy projects.
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A research team from the University of Michigan will spend the next couple years developing a prototype wave energy convertor to install in the waters off Beaver Island.
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On today’s program, environmental concerns over legislation to bring big data centers to Michigan. Then, a ballast water balancing act between U.S. and Canadian regulations for freighters on the Great Lakes. And, what you need to know about Bird Flu spreading to humans in our state.
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Citizens for Local Choice wants local governments to decide whether solar or wind farms can be built instead of state government.
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A complaint filed against Our Home, Our Voice alleges the group is raising funds for a ballot initiative seeking to repeal a state renewable energy law without filing required reports with the state.
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Ann Arbor's city council is working on what it calls a "Sustainable Energy Utility," which would operate as a clean-energy supplement to DTE's electricity.
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Dearborn's contract for 100% renewables in city buildings is through DTE's MI Green Power program. It will be met via existing and planned renewable energy developments, the utility says.