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	<title>Varnum Blogs, Michigan Alternative Energy Law, Water Law, Agriculture Law in Michigan</title>
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		<title>New Lakers Will Have Latest Emissions Scrubbing Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lundgren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Marks - Michigan Water Law News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scrubbers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sulfur oxides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Lundgren, Water Law Attorney Algoma Central Corp., one of the largest owners and operators of Great Lakes vessels, is installing fresh water, exhaust gas scrubbers on six new vessels.  These scrubbers will remove 97% of the vessels&#8217; sulfur oxides emissions. The scrubber systems are a new technology from Wärtsilä Ship Power using fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Activity in Saginaw Bay Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer Suniva Inc. is looking for acceptable financing and favorable market conditions before committing to a 2013 start-up of its $250 million solar cell manufacturing facility in Thomas Township. To assist with financing, in December the Michigan Economic Development Authority authorized an $8.7 million tax credit and renewed a previously granted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Recommends Great Lakes Separation to Address Asian Carp</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lundgren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Marks - Michigan Water Law News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian carp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[physical separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Lundgren, Water Law Attorney A new report, available on the Great Lakes Commission website, concludes that physical separation of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watersheds is the best long-term solution to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from migrating between the waterbodies.  The report provides three separation alternatives, with costs ranging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Offers a Regulatory Reprieve to Great Lakes Steamships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lundgren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Marks - Michigan Water Law News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steam ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sulfur]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Lundgren, Water Law Attorney U.S. EPA has issued a direct final rule to create an incentive for converting Great lakes steamships to diesel. The new rule allows steamships that convert to diesel to continue using cheaper (higher sulfur) fuels through 2025, despite new, more stringent fuel sulfur requirements that will otherwise apply to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballot Initiative on Alternative Energy Planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MPSC RPS groundrules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer A coalition of groups and companies is seeking to place a constitutional amendment before voters on November 3, 2012 to set Michigan’s energy policy. The proposed ballot language would require that by 2025 at least 25 percent of each electricity provider’s annual retail electricity sales be derived from clean renewable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced energy storage systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium ion batteries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MPSC Renewable Portfolio Standards groundrules]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer In May 2011, in front of 40 of Michigan’s top leaders in clean energy manufacturing, Governor Snyder presented the first Reinventing Michigan Award to Energetx Composites. Having waited impatiently for four months, this group of entrepreneurs (ready to unleash their economic gardening skills, resources, and innovation) asked the Governor for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More plat-created headaches for waterfront property owners</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/riparian-rights/2012/more-plat-created-headaches-for-waterfront-property-owners/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=more-plat-created-headaches-for-waterfront-property-owners</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Riparian Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riparian rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Eric Guerin, Riparian Rights Attorney On December 20, 2011 the Michigan Court of Appeals issued its third decision in Ward v Barron Precision Instruments, involving the Warwick Farms plat in Genesee County.  The plat consisted of six &#8220;first- tier&#8221; lots adjacent to Warwick Lake and five back-lots.  A copy of the plat map can be viewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Tower Emissions (or Radiation)</title>
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		<comments>http://www.varnumblogs.com/cell-phone-tower-leasing-and-zoning/2012/cell-tower-emissions-or-radiation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cell Phone Tower Leasing and Zoning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by John Pestle, Cell Tower Attorney A heated topic which sometimes comes up in cell tower leasing and zoning is the safety of the emissions (some call it radiation) from cell towers.  First the law.  The Federal cell tower zoning law expressly prevents zoning approvals from being based on a cell tower&#8217;s &#8220;radio frequency emissions&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding an Uncapping of Property Taxes:  Klooster v. City of Charlevoix</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/cottage-law/2012/avoiding-an-uncapping-of-property-taxes-klooster-v-city-of-charlevoix/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=avoiding-an-uncapping-of-property-taxes-klooster-v-city-of-charlevoix</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cottage Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chris Caldwell, Cottage Law Attorney and Laura Radle, Cottage Law Attorney A common concern among Michigan homeowners is the dreaded &#8220;uncapping&#8221; of real estate taxes.  But the rules in this regard are somewhat confusing.  In general, for as long as someone owns a parcel of real estate, the &#8220;taxable&#8221; value of that property remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Initiates 2011 Ballast Water Reporting Program</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/water_marks/2012/michigan-ballast-water-reporting/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=michigan-ballast-water-reporting</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Lundgren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Marks - Michigan Water Law News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballast water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Lundgren, Water Law Attorney The DEQ’s Office of the Great Lakes announced that it has initiated the 2011 Ballast Water Reporting Program, authorized by Section 3103a (MCL 324.3103a) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, which was added in 2001. The program requires the DEQ to determine the following: whether ballast water [...]]]></description>
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