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Connecting blighted Great Lakes cities to boost economy
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Great Lakes cities could benefit from domicology.
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Once a hub for building cities, Muskegon could become one for taking them apart
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Local officials investigate city’s potential as the center of a deconstruction industry. It’s deep water port could play a role.
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Recycling your home: Can structural wood be reused for the same purpose?
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The average abandoned home in Michigan contains about enough lumber to fill two school buses.
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Reclaim Detroit finds treasure in blighted homes
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Detroit hosts 75 percent of all vacant houses in Michigan. Each of more than 183,000 vacant homes holds treasures to be reclaimed.
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Defining domicology: Study of practices and consequences of abandoning buildings
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What’s in a name? For domicologists it signifies dawning awareness of a wasteful culture—and an emerging industry.
Endangered wildlife
Wastewater deadzone kills mussels
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An extreme example in an Ontario river shows these mollusks are more sensitive to pollution than we knew.
Detroit
New book highlights Detroit’s overlooked streetcar history
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Southeast Michigan author Niel Lehto digs through old case files and newspapers to deliver a book detailing the rise and fall of Detroit’s streetcar industry and its impact on the city’s historical development.
Forests
Emerald ash borers may increase crime, study says
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Researchers say tree loss plays a role in street crime.
Catch of the Day
Rats rejoice for warm winters
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Windsor fights rat-ocracy as Ontario’s seventh rattiest city.
Commentary
Urban advocates make impact out of the spotlight
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These urban advocates are among the many people who toil quietly on behalf of the environment of the Great Lakes region.