The event brings people together to see a vision of how we can better our environment
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Schools replace old-fashioned drinking fountains
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Because of the major impact of the Flint water crisis on Michigan, safe drinking water has become a public health, environmental and political priority.
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Watch out! Creepy kudzu coming?
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Kudzo is on the list of plants and animals that pose an immediate or potential threat to Michigan’s economy, environment or human health.
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More farm tourism brings more workplace hazards
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Agritourism business operators may have different strategies for addressing the labor shortage like offering hiring bonuses and higher wages.
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Mileage-based road tax ideas could stall out over privacy concerns
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Other proposals that the state Department of Transportation and legislators are looking into include converting some highways into toll roads.
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New book gets in the weeds with environmental ethics
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They encourage contributors to address practical issues with real environmental or social implications, rather than tackling big general or theoretical questions about our relationship to nature.
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Light pollution is a migratory deathtrap
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The review found that the impact occurs at the local, regional and larger scales.
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Creating habitat to help fish reproduce is costlier, but more effective than restoring it
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Habitat restoration can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, years of time and the collaborative effort of engineers, scientists and designers. It may be better to just start from scratch.
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Highway reconstruction tries to repair historic mistakes
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It will spark new thinking about what can be done when a bridge or a freeway needs to be rebuilt.
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New book for tree lovers is rooted in memory
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The idea for the book came from a little notebook into which Dunphy writes what occupies her mind.
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Polluter-pay laws could return under Democratic majority
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Strengthening the laws would be instrumental to us as we think about the future of this state and what is going to attract and retain people here.