A Midwest environmental law group is launching a new initiative this year to work with utilities, municipalities, and conservation groups to study the potential reuse of Michigan coal plants as public parkland as well as renewable energy production. The project is examining the reuse of at least four coal plants along each of the Great Lakes that Michigan touches. Read the full story by MiBiz.
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