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Keep it local, keep it fresh: improving access to good food in Michigan

By Guest Contributor | March 25, 2016

The MSU Center for Regional Food Systems wants to make sure everyone in Michigan has access to healthy foods.

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Can the Chicago River change its ways (again)?

By CurrentCast | March 24, 2016

The Chicago River’s history is more colorful than its waters on St. Patrick’s Day.

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Disagreements delay energy legislation

By Guest Contributor | March 16, 2016

Kirk Heinze speaks with Varnum Law attorney Bruce Goodman on this segment of Greening of the Great Lakes.

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Conservation criminology program focuses on environmental injustices

By Guest Contributor | March 15, 2016

Kirk Heinze speaks with Meredith Gore on the new conservation criminology program at MSU.

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Mona Hanna-Attisha: “Flipping the story” in Flint

By Guest Contributor | March 10, 2016

MSUToday’s Russ White speaks with Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Energy

Michigan researchers issue guidelines for sustainable energy storage

By Guest Contributor | March 9, 2016

Energy storage can have adverse environmental impacts.

Agriculture

For the birds: keeping coffee green

By David Fair & Barbara Lucas | March 7, 2016

Global coffee consumption is expected to rise 25 percent in five years, a growth with significant environmental implications.

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Advocates say policy changes could stunt Michigan’s solar job growth

By Andy Balaskovitz | March 7, 2016

Smaller, distributed projects have largely fueled Michigan’s solar growth until now. Analysts project the next wave will come from utility-sale projects.

Energy

U of M professor discusses cutting-edge energy storage research

By Greening of the Great Lakes | March 4, 2016

Kirk Heinze speaks with University of Michigan Professor Levi Thompson on his energy storage research.

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Flint River fights bad PR amidst water crisis

By Greening of the Great Lakes | March 3, 2016

Some have referred to the Flint River as “polluted” or “highly caustic,” but advocates for the watershed want to remind the public that the river is not the root of the crisis.

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About Great Lakes Echo

Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

  • Swiss researcher studies ‘abandonment tourism’ in Detroit

    By Camila Bello Castro A recent case study of a former “abandonment tourism” business in Detroit found a disconnect between the lived experience of many city residents and the lives of the tour participants who were generally white, younger and more international than most Detroiters and generally first-time visitors to the city.

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