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		<title>Energy Issues Aired on TV by DELEG</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biomass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman
The Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth is producing a monthly 30-minute TV show designed to provide information about the latest initiatives and activities in state government related to renewable energy, green jobs, energy efficiency, and advanced energy technologies. Michigan’s Energy Future Today is hosted by DELEG Deputy Director Liesl Eichler Clark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Saves:  Energy Efficiency Retrofit Initiative Awarded $30 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman
In April Vice President Biden announced a $30 million Recovery Act grant to ramp up energy efficiency retrofits in Michigan homes, businesses, and public buildings. The Michigan Retrofit Ramp-up Initiative (MRRI) will target homes and commercial buildings across the state with energy efficiency incentives, along with affordable loans through Michigan SAVES and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Policy and Price Signals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cash for clunkers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Bruce Goodman
For some time there has been a cry for a comprehensive national energy policy.  Reliance on the free market to drive energy outcomes has led to a place the country does not want to be.  Clean power technology development has been left to others, principally Europe.  Oil imports to feed the nation’s transportation [...]]]></description>
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