Echo
‘Greening’ Detroit’s riverfront
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently signed a $2.5 million agreement to clean the Detroit River and create new habitat for wildlife.
Homepage Featured
Growing food and hope in Chicago’s southside
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A band of nonprofit organizations are looking to change how Englewood residents interact with their local environment and expand their worldview.
Urban
Scooping poop improves water quality
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Neglecting to pick up pet waste can contaminate water and threaten public health.
Homepage Featured
Since China won’t buy recyclables, centers look for local markets
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Recycling centers adapting to the loss of China as a market might take a look at what has been going on in Michigan’s Emmet County for decades.
Echo
Want to get to work faster? You’ll have to drive
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Getting to work every day can be a pain, but the amount of pain varies depending on where you live and how you get to your job. Traveling by public transportation such as buses often takes twice as long – or more – as driving alone.
Urban
Competing visions for a famed river in a Midwest hotspot: Part 2
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This 2-part series explores two projects on Michigan’s Grand River and how a fast-growing region is struggling to define a relationship with the river it was built around.
Water
Competing visions for a famed river in a Midwest hotspot: Part 1
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This 2-part series explores two projects on Michigan’s Grand River and how a fast-growing region is struggling to define a relationship with the river it was built around.
Climate
New climate study matches cities to their future selves
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Local officials say study could help them prepare their cities for climate change, including planting different species of trees.
Energy
Proposed Trump rollback of fuel standards triggers urban health concerns
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Administration cites safety factor to justify move; Cautious auto industry response.
Capital News Service
Pothole claims? Fuhgeddaboutit
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Did a pothole just eat your tire and rim? Want compensation? Fuhgeddaboutit. Like the state, counties rarely reimburse motorists for pothole damage to their vehicles.