Articles tagged: natural gas
Consumers Energy crews replace about 40 feet of natural gas pipeline in Scio Township
Posted: Sep 13, 2012A section of a natural gas pipeline in Scio Township was replaced this week after a routine inspection revealed an abnormality, according to Consumers Energy. Read more »
Consumers Energy detects anomaly in pipeline through Scio Township
Posted: Sep 07, 2012Editor's note: The owner of the pipeline, incorrectly identified as Enbridge by the Washtenaw County Road Commission, has been corrected to be Consumers Energy in this story. Crews will be shutting down a portion of ... Read more »
Opinion: Fracking for natural gas needs to be banned in Michigan and elsewhere
Posted: Apr 09, 2011Halliburton has devised a means of extracting natural gas from shale rock called fracking. This fracking process involves drilling deep wells that go far below the underground aquifers, fracturing the shale, and creating great pressure, ... Read more »
What the frick is fracking? Watch documentary 'Gasland' March 29 to find out more
Posted: Mar 11, 2011Today our guest writer is Alex Yerkey, Michigan campaign organizer for Clean Water Action. What the frick is "fracking"? A very cool-sounding word. A way uncool and ungreen activity. Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing, ... Read more »
$15M grant positions Ypsilanti-based Clean Energy Coalition as statewide leader
Posted: Aug 31, 2009An Ypsilanti-based renewable energy nonprofit is cultivating a statewide profile as a go-to source for municipalities and transportation organizations pursuing clean fueling infrastructure and alternative fuel vehicles. Clean Energy Coalition is leveraging its expertise in ... Read more »
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