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Via litter-robot.com Talk about not getting your hands dirty. A Pontiac, Michigan, company sells a gadget called the Litter-Robot. No, it’s not a consumer WALL-E. It’s an electronic litter box that scoops the poop for you….Read the full story on TreeHugger

After Years of Saying it Can’t be Done The American Cleaning Institute (ACI, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association), represents most of the soap-makers in the U.S., has announced a voluntary ban on phosphates in household dishwasher detergents. This follows the banning of phosphates in many US states (such as Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, [...]

The Covanta Michigan Waste Energy incinerator in Detroit. Image from Google Maps. Residents in one Detroit neighborhood are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (MDNRE) on whether a polluting trash incinerator will receive a renewal permit to keep operating. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

Vision Zero Houses of the future just aren’t what they used to be. These days, the vision of the future people want to see is exactly what they have now, the big suburban house with a three car garage. So that is what Dow Chemical and Cobblestone Homes created with their Vision Zero demonstration project. [...]

Ford is moving forwards with American development of hybrid battery packs and related transaxles as it unveils a large cash investment in green tech jobs in Michigan. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

LANSING, Michigan, May 24, 2010 (ENS) – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment today denied Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative’s an air quality permit for a new 600 megawatt… Visit ecofactory.com to read the full eco news story.

Photo: Flickr, CC But you can never find one when you need it… According to a new regional survey, the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin together have 1,260 square kilometers of paved parking lots, or 5% of urban land use. That’s about 2.5 parkings per car, but that’s not even counting street parking, [...]

Image via nicolasnova Talk about an energy efficiency success story! Consumers Energy, a utility in Michigan, needed to meet the requirements of Michigan’s 2008 energy reform law, which says that utilities have to work with customers to cut electric use by 5.5% and natural gas use by 3.85% by 2015. Their work didn’t just hit [...]

Credit: Reis Robotics Can robots make a better, more affordable solar panel? Michigan-based silicones giant Dow Corning is betting on it, and has forged a partnership with Reis Robotics of Germany. The two companies say their alliance will result in “breakthrough solar encapsulation technology” to increase the production rate of solar panels and lower the [...]

An assortment of new projects has kept automobile manufacturer General Motors busy as of late, and with busyness comes the need for more manpower to get jobs done quickly. In the interest of new research and production, GM has announced an investment of more than $890 million that will create or retain more than 1,600 [...]