Emergency responders are readying for Lake Superior oil shipping proposals.
Energy
Michigan pushed to push harder for electric vehicles
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Advocates are pushing the Whitmer Administration for more state government action to promote electric vehicles. The Ecology Center in Ann Arbor and the Institute for Energy Innovation in Lansing both issued recent reports on the issue.
Energy
New grants promote Michigan beers, ciders, wines and spirits
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The Michigan Craft Beverage Council handed out more than $400,000 for research projects to benefit the state’s wine, beer, cider and distilling industry. Projects include the effects of climate change on crops, pest and disease management, and development of new varieties of hops, barley, fruits and
rye for use in brewing.
Energy
Michigan lawmakers weigh renewable energy expansion
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Solar supporters want to remove cap on how much juice they sell to utilities. But utilities say what they cannot recover the true cost of that energy.
Energy
Poll: Most Ohio voters support renewable energy development
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A new George Mason University poll shows that most voters in Ohio support renewable energy development.
Energy
Churches see the (solar) light
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Interest in powering Catholic parishes, schools and missions with the sun is surging in the wake of a large solar deal recently announced in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
contamination
Coal emissions can concentrate radioactivity
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A 2015 Duke University-led study found radioactive contaminants, such as byproducts of uranium and thorium, can be highly concentrated in this ash.
contamination
Illinois coal ash a statewide groundwater threat
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No one region of Illinois is safe from contamination of groundwater from coal ash.
contamination
Michigan power plants monitor groundwater for coal ash contaminants
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For all the care and regulations surrounding coal ash in Michigan, it still leaks from its landfills and ponds into the groundwater, according to a recent report from Environmental Integrity Project.
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Coal ash contamination common across the Great Lakes
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In the Great Lakes region, coal ash polluted groundwater at 73 of 80 monitored sites.
Catch of the Day
Lansing budget would power all city buildings with 100% renewable energy by July
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Lansing would be the first city in Michigan to do so.