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Getting BWL to Green: Fracking Is Not the Answer

Getting BWL to Green: Fracking Is Not the Answer

By Rebecca Payne on August 18, 2010

Natural gas instead of coal? What the frack?

Posted in Community & Opinion, Editorials, News | Tagged board of water and light, frack, fracking, Lansing, natural gas, power plant | Leave a response

Lansing City Council members host coal ash hearing

City Council holds hearing on coal ash disposal

By Bill Castanier on July 23, 2010

Lansing City Council Committee on Public Safety host hearing on coal ash cleanup

Posted in Activism, City Hall, Community & Opinion, News | Tagged board of water and light, coal ash, consumers energy, Grand River, Lansing Online News, Lone Pine Council | Leave a response

Cadmium triggers recall of Shrek glasses

Proposed coal ash rules criticized by environmental group

By Bill Castanier on June 6, 2010

Both these Shrek glasses and the coal ash residue that BWL is removing contain the cancer-causing chemical cadmium.

Posted in Health, News | Tagged Ann Woiwode, board of water and light, Cadmium, coal ash, epa, Lansing, Lansing Community Collge, Lansing Online News, Sierra Club of Michigan, wlnz | Leave a response

Coal ash dump

EPA issues draft rules for regulating coal ash disposal and storage

By Bill Castanier on May 5, 2010

EPA issues proposed coal ash rules which would cover disposal and storage

Posted in Activism, News | Tagged board of water and light, coal, Coal ash regulation, epa, Lansing Online News, Toxic | Leave a response

Coal Ash Removal: BWL attacks a legacy of pollution

Coal Ash Removal: BWL attacks a legacy of pollution

By Bill Castanier on May 3, 2010

The utility is spending $3 million to clean up a toxic stew of coal ash residue dumped for years near the Grand River.

Posted in News | Tagged board of water and light, bwl, cleanup, coal ash, epa, Lansing, Michigan, toxic chemicals | Leave a response

Having difficulty paying your utility bills?

Having difficulty paying your utility bills?

By Chris Singer on January 13, 2010

If you anticipate having difficulty paying your bills this winter, there is help available: * Board of Water and Light – Customers having difficulty paying their bills should contact our Customer Service Department at 702-6006. Our representatives will be happy to work with you on a payment plan. * Consumers Energy – Call customer service [...]

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged bills, board of water and light, can't pay, consumers energy, difficulty, electricity, heat and warmth fund, heating, help for heating bills, Lansing, Michigan, state of michigan, utilities, winter | Leave a response

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The Lansing organizer for the "Move to Amend" movement discusses a "Corporate Personhood" resolution proposal before the Lansing City Council on August 6, 2012.


Are corporations persons, too? The "Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour" featuring David Cobb visited Lansing on June 28, 2012. Cobb provided an accessible, fast-paced analysis of the history of "Corporate Personhood" in the U.S.


During his recent visit to Lansing, Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talked about aging Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van Buren County, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan.


Anika Fassia of Public Works: The Center for the Public Sector, talked to the recent Michigan Summit for progressives about a Michigan narrative that frames policy discussions in terms of community values.


George Goehl of National Peoples' Action says progressives need to re-envision the economy and suggests a strategy for activists attending the 2012 Michigan Summit in Lansing on May 12, 2012.


Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talks to the Peace Education Center about Ontario, Canada's plans for a deep underground dump (DUD) for nuclear waste on the Great Lakes.


"I never thought I'd see the day I would be fighting my grandmother's fight..." said Melissa Osborn in addressing the United Against the War on Women rally in Lansing.

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