Yesterday, I had the chance to speak at the Energy Summit put on by the Michigan Laborers District Council about the job opportunities in Michigan’s emerging clean energy economy. While there is no question that this devastating recession has hit Michigan’s working families hard, there is solid evidence that our efforts to make Michigan a [...]
Category Archives: Natural Resources
Who will protect the Great Lakes?
October 1, 2008 – 5:46 pm
With just 34 days to go until Election Day, the choice in this election is becoming clearer by the day. Over the next couple weeks, I hope to highlight the differences my opponent and I have on a number of key issues facing our state and our communities. Today we begin by highlighting our differences [...]
Scripps Calls for Change to Protect Local Beaches, Economy from Trash
July 17, 2008 – 11:46 am
101st District candidate wants action after garbage washes up on Lake Michigan shore LUDINGTON – State House candidate Dan Scripps today called for change to protect local beaches and the tourism dollars they generate after hundreds of pounds of trash washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Manistee and Mason counties this week. “An [...]
Michigan Energy Fair 2008
June 25, 2008 – 3:17 pm
Michigan Energy Fair Friday, June 27nd – Sunday, June 29th, 2008 in Onekama, MI at the Manistee County Fairgrounds This weekend marks the 3rd Annual Michigan Energy Fair put on by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association that will be held right in the heart of the 101st District at the Manistee County Fair Grounds [...]
Woods, water and wind (not to mention jobs and investment!)
December 14, 2007 – 4:02 pm
Yesterday featured a number of interesting stories at the intersection of where we’ve been and where we’re going. First, the Traverse City Record-Eagle had another great story by AP environmental writer John Flesher about declining access to thousands of acres in the UP that has been available to the public for more than a century [...]
All Star Break?
July 10, 2007 – 10:23 am
Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers as they enter the All Star Break with a one game lead in the AL Central. The Tigers are again giving us something to cheer for – going 14-5 in their last 19 games, including winning their last five, and sweeping the Red Sox, the team with the best record [...]
A way forward: making Michigan a global capital for renewable energy
May 31, 2007 – 10:58 am
There’s a good piece over on MichiganLiberal (hat tip to Eric B.) on the economic opportunities of renewable energy and environmental protection, and it triggered a lot of what I’ve been thinking as I’ve watched from the outside as Lansing struggles with our budget dilemmas. Too often, Lansing seems trapped in old paradigms, unable to [...]
Can’t we all just get along?
May 28, 2007 – 11:04 am
Today’s Muskegon Chronicle has a story on a local tourism promotion intiative where Muskegon boasts about being “Up North enough.” Evidently, the idea is to peel off some who would continue on to Ludington and parts further north and have them Settle for Muskegon. (Now that’s an advertising slogan for you…) I know times are [...]
Mozambique, Jack Lessenberry, GOP cuts, and the budget crisis
May 16, 2007 – 11:26 am
So it’s been a while since my last post, and I guess I’m coming out swinging for the fences. Today, PRI’s program The World program featured a story on American philanthropist Greg Carr, who’s spending $40 million to promote eco-tourism in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. In explaining how he’s been able to convince locals in [...]
Another bottled water plant in NW Michigan?
March 9, 2007 – 11:59 am
The Traverse City Record-Eagle is today reporting that officials from Kalkaska’s Downtown Development Authority are planning to approach Nestle Waters about building another bottled water plant in Northwest Michigan, this one taking water that feeds the Manistee River. This debate, which is possible because of the so-called Water Legacy Act that opened up Michigan’s publicly-owned [...]
