Climate
Agency prepares cities for climate change
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The Land Information Access Association helps towns on Michigan’s Great Lakes coastline Brace for climate change.
Climate
Great Lakes Month in Review: Midterm elections may have implications
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Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson talks about what the results of the midterm elections could mean for the environment.
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Ethanol use in Michigan cuts greenhouse gas, study finds
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A new study by scientists at Michigan State University shows that ethanol use in Michigan is reducing carbon emissions by nearly 1.4 million metric tons per year, equivalent to the emissions of 294,000 cars.
Climate
Money coming to help erase winter’s damage in Northern Michigan
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The funds will partially reimburse more than 30 communities in the northern Lower and Upper peninsulas for repairing damaged roads and water mains, and to wrap up construction before the cold weather sets in.
Climate
Space station to give CATS scan to Great Lakes
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Device probes clouds and air pollution with laser beams and helps build climate models.
Climate
Drones could predict region’s lake effect snow
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But federal regulations keep a Great Lakes weather fleet grounded.
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Grand Haven considers climate change in master plan
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Some communities are bracing for climate change by creating a resilient Michigan.
Climate
Can curbing carbon build the economy?
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A funny thing has occurred — some in the GOP and the industry have backed away from the initial relentless criticism of the Obama plan to curb carbon emissions.
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Farm fertilizer produces greenhouse gas
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Most people are aware of the “sexy” greenhouse gas CO-2. Fewer know of its co-culprit nitrous oxide. The third-largest greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide is released in soil during a natural process. However, the increased use of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture has resulted in harmful nitrous oxide emissions.