(OH) The Toledo Blade – City Councilman Joe McNamara said Wednesday he will introduce a resolution seeking to advance mayoral candidate Keith Wilkowski’s effort to get $50,000 of a federal energy-efficiency block grant for Toledo. It would be earmarked to plan for a citywide home energy upgrade.

(NY) The New York Times – Libby, age 6, and the 74 other dairy cows on Guy Choiniere’s farm are at the heart of an experiment to determine whether a change in diet will help them belch less methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that has been linked to climate change.

(MI) Detroit Free Press – Climate change legislation working its way through Congress provides real opportunities for Michigan’s economy. Opponents are quick to overstate the costs, using scare tactics and bogus science, while refusing to discuss the cost of doing nothing. Yet strong climate legislation is needed to help Michigan make the transition to a new economy for the 21st Century, and to protect our state against the threats posed by climate change.

(MI) Grand Rapids Press – Reclaimed soil from the bottom of Lake Macatawa will be heaped on dry land this summer to help build parks in four area townships.

(MI) Detroit Free Press – If you live at the tip of the Thumb or along three stretches of Lake Michigan shoreline, hang on to your hat.  Michigan has determined that the winds in those areas are the breeziest in the state.

(MI) The Detroit News – A Warren woman died Monday after a two-week sickness, making her the first Michigan fatality of the swine flu or H1N1 virus, state officials said.

(NY) The New York Times – The idea was to nudge innovative retailers into putting enough clean-fuel pit stops in place to create the nation’s longest alternative energy road. On this highway, you could drive from British Columbia to Baja – the entire length – in a car powered by woodchips or algae, ethanol or electricity.

(MI) Grand Rapids Press -  If PETA can’t protect horses in Holland, the animal rights organization is going to try to hook the public on safeguarding fish in Grand Haven.

(MI) Booth Newspapers – A Toyota executive overseeing research said Thursday a battery breakthrough is needed for electric vehicles to become mainstream, and hybrids will remain the best “green” car choice for some time.

(MI) The Detroit News – There once was an Indianapolis concert featuring 50 pianos. Splendid instruments, pianos. Still, 50 might have been excessive. As is today’s chorus summoning us to save the planet.