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Ontario Power Generation wants o build nuclear waste disposal facilities below the Canadian shore of Lake Huron.
Opponents say this threatens the the lake and people.
Supporters say it is needed and safe.
Two adventuresome bicyclists plan to circle the Great Lakes beginning Tuesday. They begin the 5,300 mile journey in Duluth, Minn., returning home Aug. 5. after travelling through two countries, eight states and about 20 major cities.
Researchers have found what they believe to be the traits that make the very best environmental citizens. Patient, confident, and persistent people make some of the best environmental citizens, according to Kyle Whyte and Matt Ferkany, researchers at Michigan State University. Friendliness, wit, self-confidence, humility, fairness, patience and dependability are other traits they discovered associated with environmental interest. Ferkany is an assistant professor of teacher education; Whyte is a visiting professor of philosophy. “(When one) has a lot of confidence and not inclusive they think they are always right,” Ferkany noted.