At their April 4, 2012 meeting, Washtenaw County commissioners heard from several residents concerned about oil and gas drilling in the county that would use the technique known as “fracking.” The board plans an April 19 work session on the topic. Comm... »
Concerns about proposed oil and gas drilling in the Saline area using a technique known as “fracking” were raised by several speakers during public commentary at the April 4, 2012 meeting of the Washtenaw County board of commissioners. Similar concerns... »
At a March 8, 2012 meeting of the master plan revisions (MPR) committee, members of the Ann Arbor planning commission discussed amending the city's master plan to incorporate a recommendation about land use next to the Huron River, near the Broadway br... »
This pic documents a major turning point in Ypsilanti utility history. FASCINATING. Here we see a bunch of white guys turning a crank. It is the crank to officially turn on the new natural gas system in town in I believe 1948. The old municipal coal ga... »
This is a bill from the onetime Ypsilanti Gas Company, a municipal utility supplying coal gas to homes all over town for cooking and lighting. The gas generator plant stood at the northeast corner of Forest and Huron, where the DPW yard is now. The pla... »
For some, the oil drilling going on west of Saline represents a nuisance, a threat to property values, or worse, a risk to the health of their family. For others, Michigan’s mini-oil boom might help provide extra income to help keep up with the escalat... »
