(MI) The Detroit News – Gov. Jennifer Granholm will join forces with energy industry guru T. Boone Pickens today to talk about the future of Michigan’s burgeoning alternative energy sector.
The duo will open today’s events at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference with a discussion of state efforts to increase alternative energy use, as well as the retooling of some former auto concerns to help meet the industry’s needs.
Pickens made a splash during last year’s election season by touting his “Pickens Plan” for energy, which advocates a reduction in the nation’s dependence on foreign oil by increasing use of natural gas for transportation and heavy investment in wind energy, especially throughout the middle of the United States. More