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As utilities spend billions on transmission, support builds for independent monitoring

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November 21, 2022

American Electric Power said last year that it plans to spend $23.3 billion between 2022 and 2026 on transmission and distribution. But there’s been growing concern at the state and federal level that too much of it is occurring without enough transparency and oversight to ensure transmission owners are appropriately planning for new technology, considering more cost-effective regional approaches or alternate solutions and not ripping off their ratepayers.

Keep Your Voice Down: Matthew Roberson

By Alek Haak-Frost

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Culture

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January 25, 2022

Author Matthew Roberson stops by Keep Your Voice Down to discuss his forthcoming novel "Interim," set to be released in March, and all things writing. Doug, Alek, and Matt talk process, influence, young writers’ dependence on film, television, and video games in lieu of reading literature, and Central Michigan University where Matt teaches creative writing.

Column: Climate change is killing our future

By Michigan Advance

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Culture

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November 16, 2021

George Ochenski writes, "For years now we’ve been subjected to an endless stream of nonsense from those who deny the inescapable reality that our planet is overheating due to human-caused pollution in the atmosphere. It’s now apparent that the cascading effects of global baking — and the concurrent lack of action by our politicians and lawmakers — are creating enormous societal, economic and environmental problems and threatening our very existence."

Sow Good Seeds: We need to talk about tomorrow

By Deborah Haak-Frost

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Culture

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July 19, 2021

WSV's Deborah Haak-Frost writes, "I’ve written about the future in a previous column, and the subject came up for me again, unsurprisingly, as I watched The Tomorrow War, an Amazon-exclusive film. If you haven’t seen it and you don’t want spoilers, stop reading now and come back after you’ve watched it."

Four big questions about the feds’ scrutiny of oil and gas leasing on public lands

By Michigan Advance

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Local

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March 23, 2021

In his first week in office, President Joe Biden paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands as his administration reviewed fossil fuel development policy. Now that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has taken office, the administration is gearing up to begin that process. A forum comprising the energy industry, conservation groups, labor organizations and others will meet virtually March 25 in the first public event of the review.

Haglund: GM’s road to the future of electric vehicles could be bumpy

By Michigan Advance

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Culture

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February 15, 2021

General Motors Company, which has been at the forefront of advanced powertrain research, offers just one fully electric vehicle — the Chevy Bolt. No hydrogen-powered vehicles are on the near horizon. Nevertheless, GM pushed the bar higher last month, surprising the auto industry by saying it plans to sell only “zero-emission” light-duty vehicles by 2035. That’s just 14 years, or little more than two new product cycles away.

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