Red areas have habitats most vulnerable to a changing climate. Click to enlarge. Image: Dana Infante, Peter Esselman, Li Wang

By Andrew Norman
Feb. 9, 2010

Facing an inhospitable habitat, fish either have to move or die, says Bryan Pijanowski, a Purdue University associate professor of forestry and natural resources.

“Some of the fish live in aquatic systems that are completely compartmentalized — they’re dammed off,” he says. “So they can’t move.”

Models show how global climate change also changes how land is used on global

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(MI) The Flint Journal - Here are the major contaminants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says are polluting the south part of Buick City complex (south of Leith Street, east to the Flint River and south to Harriet Street). Read the rest of this article »

(MI) The Detroit News - It was around 11 p.m. and Kathy Rinaldi had just let her Havanese, Lola, out for the last time that night. The dog let out a howl so violent it was more like a scream, Rinaldi said. She ran to the door and locked eyes with a coyote that had just attacked her 13-pound dog standing near the side door of her home on Belle Meade. Read the rest of this article »

Click map to see facilities that use wood as a fuel source in Wisconsin.

By Rachael Gleason
Feb. 8, 2010

The Great Lakes region receives 4 percent of its energy needs from biomass resources, according to a regional biomass energy program. But some estimates put the potential for biomass at 15 to 20 percent.

Biomass resources include wood and other organic materials. People switch to wood energy to replace fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The University of Tennessee mapped industrial facilities using biomass power. For the Great Lakes region, see: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. And in Canada, see Ontario.

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By Brandon Howell
Feb. 7, 2010
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan environmental agencies hope Monday’s White House Asian carp summit will prompt the closing of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal to the invaders.
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(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Illinois politicians have claimed that even a temporary closure of two Chicago navigation locks will lead to regional economic devastation, but a new transportation analysis released by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox tells a different story. Read the rest of this article »

(DC) The Washington Post - Michigan wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to close Chicago-area shipping locks in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Read the rest of this article »

(MI) The Detroit News - Dow Chemical Co. says its headquarters city is the preferred site for the first full-scale production facility for its Powerhouse solar shingles. Read the rest of this article »

(MI) The Alpena News - Air and water experts from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment have been working with the local health department and the New National Gypsum Corp. to clean up Alpena’s Newton’s Creek. Read the rest of this article »

(MI) Detroit Free Press - Anyone interested in volunteering for this year’s Rouge River watershed frog and toad survey is invited to attend one of four free training seminars this month or next in Wayne and Oakland counties. Read the rest of this article »