Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, July 17) at 6:00, Dave Strenski, the founder of SolarYpsi, is going to be in our conference room at Landline Creative Labs to discuss how solar power works, and the local resources that exist to help you get started, should you decide to join the ever-growing number of Ypsilantians who are attempting, […]
I don’t think it’s that new of an idea. I’ve heard people say before, “You know, we should make that border wall of Trump’s solar.” Today, though, was the first time that I heard Trump say it himself. He was addressing a crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he made the announcement. Referencing the campaign […]
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alternative Energy, border wall, Cegar Rapids, coal, coal ash, Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Iowa, Mexico, mining, Rio Grande River, Vicente Fox |
By Mark | January 12, 2017
As we discussed yesterday, an intelligence report assembled by a former MI6 operative in Moscow concerning Trump’s extensive ties to the government of Vladimir Putin went public thanks to Buzzfeed and CNN. These documents, which you really should read in their entirety, paint a troubling portrait of our President-elect. According to the as-yet-verified claims made […]
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arctic, Buzzfeed, Carter Page, Christopher Steele, CNN, Donald Trump, Exxon, global climate change, oil, Orbis Business Intelligence, renewable energy, Rex Tillerson, Rosneft, Russia, treason, Vladimir Putin, wind |
By Mark | November 5, 2016
I know most of you reading this probably don’t need yet one more reason to go to the polls this Tuesday and cast your votes for Hillary Clinton. Just in case, though, I wanted to share this recent Facebook post by my friend Tori Tomalia, the co-founder of the Ypsi-Arbor improv comedy space Pointless Brewery […]
Posted in Health, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Affordable Care Act, Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, cancer, Climate Change, Donald Trump, fear, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, hope, legacies, mass incarceration, Obama, Obamacare, Pointless Brewery & Theatre, Presidential politics, Tori Tomalia, wind |
A few days ago, I posted a story here about the recent re-zoning of a neighborhood southeast of the intersection of Spring and Huron, and how, as a result, at least one homeowner on Bell Street, Erin Snyder, was finding it difficult to sell her property. [The southern stretch of Bell Street had been re-zoned […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bell Street, DTE, Erin Snyder, heavy metal, landfills, lead, MEDQ, methane, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, PMD, pollution, Production Manufacturing Distribution, real estate, Shape Ypsi, SunDurance, Teresa Gillotti, toxic, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti real estate, zoning |