Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on June 12, 2008, to authorize spending up to $45 million of “21st Century Jobs Fund” money on grants and subsidies to energy technology projects undertaken by for-profit companies selected by state economic development officials. At least 50 percent of these “centers of energy excellence” grants would have to be used for matching federal or international grants

The vote was 35 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 413 at Senate Journal 62)

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Green message gets Dogg'd Posted by Dave Alexander | The Muskegon Chronicle July 04, 2008 20:07PM Categories: ROTHBURY Chronicle/Krista Schinagl Trash cans dividing trash into compost, recycling and landfill are spread out across the Double JJ Ranch for the ROTHBURY festival. The message was for the younger set. But most of them were crammed into the Snoop Dogg concert across the Double JJ grounds listening to a hip-hop legend sing about drugs, alcohol and sex. So, while 25,000 festivalgoers were jamming to Snoop Dogg, only about 200 of the "older set" -- those over 30 -- attended a Think Tank discussion Friday afternoon on global warming at the Double JJ Wagon Wheel. "If you are under 30, this is your world," said L. Hunter Lovins, a world-reknown academic, social activist and environmentalist. "You are making it up as you go. We are either going to have a dynamic new energy economy or we are going to have a global economic collapse. It's your choice." Continue reading the entry...