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The more than 100 in the audience watched a rather academic discussion of wind turbines in the Great Lakes devoid of the emotion that spilled out at public meetings along the Lakeshore earlier this year.

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Leaders and officials from business and government agencies made urgent calls for boosting U.S. exports today at a conference in downtown Detroit. The International District Export Council Conference began Sunday and is running through Wednesday at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. Monday was “Trade and Green Day,” with speakers from major corporations and the U.S. Department of Commerce …

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The Yellow Jug Old Drugs pharmaceutical collection and disposal program is expanding into southeastern Michigan.

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DETROIT (AP) — Events are planned around Michigan as part of a national offshore drilling protest.

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The first regional Wind Energy Conference, sponsored by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (www.glrea.org) took place at the Cobo Center in Detroit April 20 & 21st. Bringing together for the first time under one roof, the major players from government, utilities, universities, and private enterprise everyone had a chance to focus on what the experts had to …

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DETROIT (AP) – Gov. Jennifer Granholm is speaking at the Michigan Wind Energy Conference in Detroit. She’ll speak Wednesday morning at a conference sponsored by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association. The 2-day conference started Tuesday at the downtown Cobo Center.

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University Center, Mich. — At the start of a nationwide tour to defend the federal Recovery Act on its first anniversary, Vice President Joe Biden said at Delta College the “recovery act is working” and helped the nation avoid a depression.

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