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4:27 pm
Wed April 18, 2012

MSU Touts Newly Adopted Energy Transition Plan

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The T.B. Simon Power Plant at Michigan State University has been in operation since 1965.
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Michigan State University is explaining its new energy transition plan to a potentially global audience. 

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12:00 am
Tue April 17, 2012

MI Regulator Downplays Link Between Fracking, Quakes

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In a new study, the U.S. Geological Survey shows an increasing correlation between Midwest energy drilling and earthquakes.

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11:47 am
Fri April 13, 2012

MSU Trustees Unanimously Approve Controverisal Energy Transition Plan

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Students stand with signs with messages including "Clean Coal=Dirty Lie" and "Coal Free Is Really Spartan Green" at today's MSU Board of Trustees meeting.
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MSU Greenpeace held a rally outside the MSU Administration Building after the Board of Trustees meeting.
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Michigan State University Trustees have approved a controversial Energy Transition Plan.

           

MSU President Lou Anna Simon says the goal is for 100% of the university’s energy to come from renewable sources.

           

Several dozen students at today’s trustees meeting argued that the plan doesn’t move fast enough. After the unanimous vote, they launched a chant while the board continued its meeting.

 

STUDENTS CHANTING

 

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12:00 am
Fri April 13, 2012

MSU Trustees Face Decision on Campus Clean Energy Plan

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The T.B. Simon Power Plant at Michigan State University was built in 1965. It burns both coal and natural gas. The university is now considering a long-term clean energy transition plan.
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The Michigan State University Board of Trustees faces a pivotal decision today.  The board will decide whether to approve a strategic clean energy plan that would eventually transition the campus to 100 percent renewable energy.  The plan calls for MSU to produce 15 percent of its energy from renewables in just three years. 

The plan has been staunchly opposed by student environmental groups at MSU, who claim it’s not strong enough to effect any real change.  They’re also critical of the fact that the vision does not include scrapping the university’s coal-fired power plant.

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