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Bankruptcy judge: Michigan farmland sale doesn’t violate conservation easement
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Local conservancy argues that sale violates prohibition on dividing land, makes it less viable for agriculture and harder to manage the easement.
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Transportation experts eye four major proposed Michigan rail routes
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They say that rail is good for the environment and the economy and also for attracting and keeping young workers in the state.
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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.
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Book Review: Mapping Detroit
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A new book details the complex social, political and environmental developments of Detroit, combining maps with recommendations for redevelopment.
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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.
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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.
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MSU study: fertilizers throw off nitrogen cycle
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They boost crops like corn but have some not so great side effects.
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Fur trade a suspect in Minnesota monument mercury contamination
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How long does pollution linger? At Minnesota’s Grand Portage National Monument, high levels of toxic mercury may date back to the 1700s.
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Michigan activists, local governments battle to regulate fracking
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Local governments have sought to regulate a procedure that industry officials say already has a strong safety record.
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The 40-year legacy of PBB in Michigan
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The public health impacts of an agricultural disaster in Michigan are still lingering 40 years later.