October 6, 2008
Proposed Coal Plant Switches Fuels, Stirs Controversy
When Wolverine Power proposed building a large coal plant near Rogers City, the company called their proposal the Wolverine Clean Energy Venture. The proposal ...more

September 18, 2008
Benzie OKs Eliminating Its Planner
Benzie County Planning Director Dave Neiger is out of a job. Benzie County commissioners eliminated his position, saying it would help balance their budget. ...more

September 11, 2008
Benzie’s Battle Over Dual Directors Reaches a Crossroad
Veteran Benzie County Planning Director Dave Neiger is on the verge of losing his job. A long-running dispute over whether he should keep it came to a head ...more

September 10, 2008
McKibben: To Spread the Word, Push a Number
Bill McKibben, a foremost expert on climate change, urged more than 700 people at a rally in Traverse City to join his campaign to pressure international ...more

August 28, 2008
Grand Survey: In-Town Growth Is Best
A survey of Grand Traverse-area residents has found strong support for pointing new development toward existing communities. The survey, conducted for the ...more

August 18, 2008
Sacramento’s Lesson: Green Power Works
Twenty years ago, Sacramento had just a single source of electricity—a pricey, balky nuclear power plant owned by its municipal utility. Today, however, ...more

August 11, 2008
4-H, Farm-to-School Meet at County Fair
It’s county fair time, when the scent of cotton candy, smoked pork sandwiches, hay, and manure mix in the air. And, at the Northwest Michigan Fair, ...more

July 30, 2008
Different Shade of Green Stalls State Energy Reform
More than a year after Governor Granholm endorsed requirements that utilities sell more renewable energy, efforts to green up Michigan’s power ...more

July 28, 2008
Rep. Law: Let’s Turn Green to Gold
State Representative Kathleen Law was once part of a research team that produced gamma rays while searching for new ways to generate electricity. Today she is ...more

July 24, 2008
KC Food Pioneer: ‘Yes You Can!’
This year, the Michigan Land Use Institute celebrated the publication of its fifth annual Taste the Local Difference farm food guide with a special event: A ...more

July 21, 2008
Programs Grow Local Food, New Farmers
It was a picture perfect July day when teenagers Molly Fish, Chris Steffs, and Carmen Ortiz arrived at Meadowlark Farm. The three, part of a youth entrepreneur ...more

July 18, 2008
Looking to the County for Leadership
If we are ever to curb the sprawl that threatens the Grand Traverse region’s rural, small-town character and economy, it will take strong leadership from ...more

July 18, 2008
Grand Traverse County Commission Candidates Respond to Michigan Land Use Institute Survey
On August 5, 2008, voters in Grand Traverse County will vote in a primary election to narrow the slate of candidates for a new board of county commissioners. ...more

July 18, 2008
Leelanau County Commission Candidates Respond to Michigan Land Use Institute Survey
On August 5, 2008, voters in Leelanau County will vote in a primary election to narrow the slate of candidates for a new board of county commissioners. With ...more

July 18, 2008
Benzie County Commission Candidates Respond to Michigan Land Use Institute Survey
On August 5, 2008, voters in Benzie County will vote in a primary election to narrow the slate of candidates for a new board of county commissioners.With rapid ...more

July 3, 2008
Donors, Board, Staff Honor Institute’s Founder
The Michigan Land Use Institute honored its founding director, Keith Schneider, at its annual Milliken Awards reception, held last Friday in Traverse City. ...more

June 26, 2008
Herbie the Love Bug Rides Again!
It’s 1974, I’m 10, and my sister and I are watching Herbie the Love Bug Rides Again, the hit movie about a lovable Volkswagen who saves a little ...more

June 13, 2008
States Mandating Clean Energy Cash In on Green Economy
One noticeable feature on Newton, Iowa’s Web site is a map of the cemetery. Until recently, it seemed a fitting metaphor for the town, which was bleeding ...more

June 11, 2008
Grand Rapids: Gateway to Michigan’s Transit Success
A promising plan for light rail transit in downtown Detroit is hogging attention, but Grand Rapid’s Bus Rapid Transit proposal is the most important ...more

June 9, 2008
Keeping Up with the Jones, Tastefully
Sometimes keepin’ up with the Joneses is a good thing. That’s when it’s called inspiration. Consider these vastly different lunch menus: One ...more

June 3, 2008
Why Michigan Leads America’s Coal Rush
Clean-energy innovation is the greatest economic opportunity to come Michigan's way since the invention of the Model T assembly line. So why have energy ...more

May 22, 2008
House Green Energy Package Raises Questions
Responding to environmentalists, entrepreneurs, and the governor, the Michigan House passed several bills last month meant to accelerate the state’s ...more