Rural Clean Energy Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/rural-clean-energy/ Groundwork Center Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/groundworkcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-groundwork-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Rural Clean Energy Archives - Groundwork Center https://groundworkcenter.org/category/rural-clean-energy/ 32 32 223860040 End of the Line: Great Lakes over Big Oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16541 Please join Groundwork and our statewide coalition partners for an in-person and live-streamed event on June 4th, 2025. Together, we’ll hear from key experts—like international tunnel expert Brian O’Mara—about the latest on Line 5, plus learn ways you can take action at this critical moment.  The federal administration has fast-tracked the Line 5 tunnel permit […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/end-of-the-line-great-lakes-over-big-oil/feed/ 0 16541 If you care about true energy independence, solar is the way forward https://groundworkcenter.org/if-you-care-about-true-energy-independence-solar-is-the-way-forward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-care-about-true-energy-independence-solar-is-the-way-forward https://groundworkcenter.org/if-you-care-about-true-energy-independence-solar-is-the-way-forward/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:55:04 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16516 This op-ed first published in  Independence and freedom are bedrock principles of the United States. But for too long, we’ve relied on fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal under the belief that they provide the independence we, as Americans, value. However, we’ve learned that this dependence leaves us vulnerable to global turmoil and centralizes […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/if-you-care-about-true-energy-independence-solar-is-the-way-forward/feed/ 0 16516 Pushing back! Recap of rally for climate. https://groundworkcenter.org/pushing-back-recap-of-rally-for-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pushing-back-recap-of-rally-for-climate https://groundworkcenter.org/pushing-back-recap-of-rally-for-climate/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:07:43 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16371 By Zoe ZeeripGreat Lakes Business Network Coordinator On a blustery winter day in the heart of Detroit, climate activists, business owners, policymakers, and community leaders gathered at the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation with one unifying message: “Climate Can’t Wait.” Despite blizzard conditions on February 15, more than 200 attendees convened to protest the rollback of climate […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/pushing-back-recap-of-rally-for-climate/feed/ 0 16371 Unlock clean energy savings: Discover REAP grant opportunities for rural businesses https://groundworkcenter.org/unlock-clean-energy-savings-discover-reap-grant-opportunities-for-rural-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unlock-clean-energy-savings-discover-reap-grant-opportunities-for-rural-businesses https://groundworkcenter.org/unlock-clean-energy-savings-discover-reap-grant-opportunities-for-rural-businesses/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:13:46 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16135 Have you ever wondered how you can foster and benefit from energy efficiency and renewable energy growth? Learn from fellow business leaders and USDA professionals how your small business or farm can access federal funding aimed at helping rural America finance a clean energy transition.  What: The Great Lakes Business Network presents an educational webinar […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/unlock-clean-energy-savings-discover-reap-grant-opportunities-for-rural-businesses/feed/ 0 16135 Why we need to site a lot of clean energy infrastructure in Michigan … and how you can help https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:42:54 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=16084 Many people who cherish Michigan farmland and countryside have at some point in their lives probably fought to stop a large development near their homes—a huge factory, a gigantic shopping mall, a freeway, a coal plant. However, it’s likely that few lovers of land have ever fought to push a big development forward.  But if our state, […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/why-we-need-to-site-a-lot-of-clean-energy-infrastructure-in-michigan-and-how-you-can-help/feed/ 0 16084 ‘Who’s going to pay for that?’ It’s the wrong question for climate change action. https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:21:19 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15901 This op-ed first published in The ‘Gander. // Photo above by Markus Spiske. In an op-ed, Nicholas Jansen, Michigander and Rural Clean Energy Organizer argues that investing in clean energy and infrastructure is essential for building a more resilient Michigan, protecting both our economy and environment for future generations. Whenever the topic arises of modernizing […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/whos-going-to-pay-for-that-its-the-wrong-question-for-climate-change-action/feed/ 0 15901 Young people can be a force in deciding election outcome in Michigan https://groundworkcenter.org/young-people-can-be-a-force-in-deciding-election-outcome-in-michigan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-people-can-be-a-force-in-deciding-election-outcome-in-michigan https://groundworkcenter.org/young-people-can-be-a-force-in-deciding-election-outcome-in-michigan/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:51:31 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15856 This op-ed first published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle. By Nicholas JansenRural Clean Energy Organizer This election year, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum, young people in Michigan have a real opportunity to decide our future. Historically, young people have voted in low numbers. In the past few years though, we have […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/young-people-can-be-a-force-in-deciding-election-outcome-in-michigan/feed/ 0 15856 GW co-hosts federal U.P. Listening Session https://groundworkcenter.org/gw-co-hosts-federal-u-p-listening-session/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gw-co-hosts-federal-u-p-listening-session https://groundworkcenter.org/gw-co-hosts-federal-u-p-listening-session/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:52:58 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15759 Groundwork Center was proud to co-host the recent—and first—Federal Listening Session for the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Michigan. Groundwork believes in the importance of federal and state support to increase access to local, affordable, nutritious food, to provide accessible and equitable public transportation, and to transition our grid to reliable, local, clean energy. While the […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/gw-co-hosts-federal-u-p-listening-session/feed/ 0 15759 Opinion: Michigan is turning the corner on clean energy https://groundworkcenter.org/opinion-michigan-is-turning-the-corner-on-clean-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-michigan-is-turning-the-corner-on-clean-energy https://groundworkcenter.org/opinion-michigan-is-turning-the-corner-on-clean-energy/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:55:31 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15666 This op-ed first published in The Gander. Michigan has seen groundbreaking clean energy investments, now it’s time to connect rural and low-income communities to these federal funding opportunities. If you’re driving around Michigan for summer vacation, you might be noticing more than just construction along Michigan’s roads and highway—new arrays of solar panels might also […]

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]]> https://groundworkcenter.org/opinion-michigan-is-turning-the-corner-on-clean-energy/feed/ 0 15666 Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event https://groundworkcenter.org/answers-to-your-questions-from-the-tunnel-vision-event/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:42:22 +0000 https://groundworkcenter.org/?p=15562 Hello! We asked our panelists at the Line 5 Tunnel Vision event to provide written answers to your questions submitted in the online comments during the event and they graciously said they’d be happy to oblige. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to helping shut down Line 5 and stop the tunnel, and many thanks […]

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