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UP ratepayers to pay millions to keep coal plants online

By Andy Balaskovitz | June 28, 2016

For what are relatively small utilities, the payments could have a significant impact on ratepayers across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Illinois energy company exec imprisoned for cheating federal government

By Eric Freedman | June 23, 2016

Sentencing document says solar company fraud was driven by gambling and desire to live in $3 million home.

Energy

Lake Erie wind farm gets $40 million in federal funding

By Josh Bender | June 17, 2016

It will be the nation’s second off-shore wind farm and the first one in freshwater.

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For small Michigan companies, a welcome assist on energy efficiency

By Andy Balaskovitz | May 19, 2016

Retired engineers travel across the state to audit small manufacturers’ energy use.

Energy

Poll: Public supports Clean Power Plan that states fight

By Andy Balaskovitz | May 13, 2016

Poll showed that 72 percent of voters in Michigan; 68 percent in Wisconsin; and 64 percent in Missouri support the Clean Power Plan. The sample size was 801 voters.

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Farmer invents air conditioner powered cold storage units

By Ali Hussain | May 11, 2016

This farm hack saves small farmers thousands of dollars on cold storage equipment.

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Revised energy bill would still harm Michigan ratepayers, advocates say

By Guest Contributor | May 8, 2016

Michigan Senate Republicans spent the past six months revising a comprehensive energy policy proposal that brought fierce opposition from interest groups over electric choice, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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University’s energy future transitions from coal to conservation

By Guest Contributor | April 22, 2016

Kirk Heinze and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon talk about the university’s energy future.

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DTE Energy and Detroit move forward with solar power plans

By Guest Contributor | April 14, 2016

Kirk Heinze speaks with DTE Energy’s Vice President of Planning and Development Irene Dimitry about a 10-acre urban solar power array set for installation in Detroit.

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Clean energy can produce jobs, economic growth, study says

By Jasmine Watts | April 7, 2016

The state’s energy policies adopted in 2008 have brought close to $3 billion in new investment.

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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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