Wildlife
Hunting not sole issue in wolf debate
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Hunting is only one part of an effort to manage the state’s wolf population, and only one part of the larger issue, according to researchers at Michigan State and Michigan Technological universities.
Energy
UP consumers seek replacement for aging power plant
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Where you live in Michigan makes a big difference when it comes to the price you pay for electricity, especially if you’re living in the Upper Peninsula.
Energy
Big freeze to contain contaminated water at Fukushima
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In March of 2011, an earthquake and tsunami in Japan resulted in a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Three of the plants six reactors melted down, and substantial amounts of radioactive material was released. That includes contaminated water that escaped from the three units. Containing that water has proven to be an ongoing problem confronting those who are working to clean up Fukushima. A Michigan State University grad works with a company that is going to try to contain contaminated water with an old technology that has never before been employed at a nuclear site.
Energy
Michigan’s U.P. goes head-to-head with its energy future
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is facing the question of how to deal with retiring power plants.
Energy
Michigan bill would repeal renewable energy standards
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Meanwhile, Michigan utilities are on pace to meet the standard requiring that they produce 10 percent of their energy with renewables by the end of next year.
Climate
Grand Haven considers climate change in master plan
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Some communities are bracing for climate change by creating a resilient Michigan.
Energy
New report: oil transportation poses risks to Great Lakes Region
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The boom in oil production in North Dakota and Western Canada has turned the Great Lakes region into a transportation corridor for crude oil.
Water
Great Lakes in review: mayors on algae, restoration update
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we talk about a summit on water resources led by the region’s mayors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s update to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Wildlife
DNR: Wolf management plan can include responsible hunting
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Some states are considering hunting as a way to control potential wolf/human conflicts.
Waste
Michigan officials fight proposed Lake Huron nuke waste storage
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Residents of Michigan’s Thumb region are looking across Lake Huron with some concern about a Canadian utility seeking approval to build an underground nuclear waste disposal site near the town of Kincardine, Ontario.