Unfortunately, our current politicized culture causes many to look first to the government when they think about charitable giving and helping those in need. Politicians, activists, and even some religious leaders are quick to demand that the taxpayer shoulder the charitable role traditionally reserved for civil society and a compassionate citizenry.
Most North Carolinians are familiar with the Rev. William Barber. He’s infamous for incessantly sanctifying any government largesse as compassionate. Yet, the consequences of attempting to morph charity into a bureaucratic behemoth is not only bankrupting the nation but also creating a culture of entitlement bereft of gratitude.
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December 16, 2020
The Department of Natural Resources and a renewable energy company in southeast Michigan are hoping to turn an abandoned gravel pit in Crawford County into a massive solar farm.
“We think it’s a win, win all the way around,” says Scott Whitcomb, senior advisor for wildlife and public lands for the MDNR.
For years, the DNR has used the 7 Mile Gravel Pit in Beaver Creek Township as a shooting range and for general public use.
“Folks maybe go there for target practice or things like that, but it’s not a very productive use of the land,” says Whitcomb.
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The former mine, now managed by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, has been vacant for years. Most recently state police used the area, known as 7 Mile Pit, as a shooting range.
Now, Roberts is trying to develop the site into a solar farm that could power a few thousand homes, at the very least, he said. “Hopefully we can do much better than that.” He’s the founder of a renewable energy company called Circle Power, and officially started working on the project this fall.
It’s part of a growing effort to build up the state’s solar capacity. That’s as efficiency gains make solar cheaper than conventional sources and many of the state’s coal plants retire, which generate nearly a third of Michigan’s electricity.
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4:58 On a sunny day last week in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Kevin Sundholm picked up a small handful of marble-sized pellets of iron ore from the ground.
Pelletized iron ore left over from the days of production at the Groveland Mine.
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“Those pellets would go through there and they would get baked,” he said, gesturing at the abandoned foundations of the former Groveland Mine complex near Felch, in Dickinson County.
“You can see the remnants up on top of the silos there,” Sundholm said.
He knows the lay of the land. He worked here more than 40 years ago.