Land
Detroit River cleanup brightens gateway to Michigan
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Cleaning up Detroit and its river could be a key way to re-create and revitalize Michigan as a state, state officials say.
Energy
The Detroit Zoo’s million dollar manure
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Zoo officials are proposing an anaerobic biodigester to turn animal waste into a bio gas that produces electricity.
Climate
Counties seek state plow hand-me-downs to battle winter weather
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An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to give counties an opportunity to get first bid on affordable plows that the Michigan Department of Transportation auctions.
Nearshore
Cannons from Chicken Bone Reef help solve Great Lakes mysteries
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Research on six 19th-century British canons recovered from the Detroit River is giving new information about colonial-era militarization of the Great Lakes region.
Recreation
Bill would take some bang out of Michigan fireworks
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Rep. Martin Howrylak has introduced a bill that would give local governments more control over when fireworks can be used after receiving complaints from his constituents.
Land
Mass transportation could move state beyond “Band-aid” fixes
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The Michigan Land Use Institute is exploring the possibility of creating new passenger train service between Ann Arbor and Traverse City, as a way to take some cars off the roads.
Land
Michigan’s forests underused, experts say
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Michigan could expand forest use beyond harvested timber to products such as syrup, furniture and ethanol.
Wildlife
Michigan court tosses elk farm suit against state
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The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the elk-breeding facility waited too long to sue after the state shut it down during a year-long chronic wasting disease quarantine. An appeal to the state Supreme Court is likely.
Echo
Michigan’s energy policy up for grabs
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With 2008 energy mandates set to expire, Michigan’s future in clean energy is up for debate, with possibilities of the state turning back to fossil fuels.
Waste
Prison terms loom in Michigan asbestos case
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Three people plead guilty to illegally removing asbestos from a former Southwest Michigan power plant. They are now facing possible prison terms after agreeing to reimburse the federal government for approximately $1 million to clean up the contaminated facility in Kalamazoo County’s Comstock Township.