Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Michigan State University  The Public Awareness Campaign in Los Angeles is promoting freedom. Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." — Franklin Roosevelt    Center for Energy & Environment > Roosevelt Home > Michigan State University > Energy & Environment For the 2007-2008 academic year, the Center for Energy and the Environment studied the prospects of wind energy as a supplemental renewable energy source for the state of Michigan.  2007-2008 Highlights October 2007: Three of the Michigan State University Roosevelt students had the opportunity to attend the Roosevelt | Energy Conference at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  The perspectives discussed at this conference served as an informational and as well as an inspirational factor to our energy studies. November 2007: The Center for Energy and Environment meets with the State of Michigan Office of the Governor to discuss current gubernatorial energy initiatives for the state. November 2007:  As our project research leads us to redefine our focus, we are collaborating with our Economic Center in order to complete an analysis of Michigan wind energy as it is relevant to the economics of this state. March 2008: "Michigan Wind Energy: An Assessment and Future Policy Implications" was featured in the "Great Stakes for the Great Lakes" publication through the Midwestern Region of the Roosevelt Institution.  The research within the report was presented at the Great Stakes for the Great Lakes conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 2008. The PDF version of the entire publication is available here. Group members: Olivia M Cohn Dan Blue Kyle S Bryan Dave Carlson Andy M Cease Bryce G Colquitt Cory Connolly Robert M Schurig Allison R Voglesong   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657