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Recycling gets positive reviews as green groups press for more action
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The organization holds an annual “challenge” for communities to measure their progress toward advancing sustainability.
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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.
Solutions
Supporters plan climate-friendly environment for Lake Superior’s five national parks
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The project will reduce energy costs by $2.7 million and cut carbon emissions by 93% over 25 years.
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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.
Solutions
More cemeteries offering green burials, recreational space
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Most cemeteries are looking to provide green burial as an option, whether it’s immediately today or as part of their master plan.
Echo
Light pollution is a migratory deathtrap
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The review found that the impact occurs at the local, regional and larger scales.
Echo
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.
Solutions
More transit agencies add door-to-door services and ‘mobility wallets’
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People are happy to pay for such services, even if the cost is higher than a regular bus ride.
Solutions
Potential hydrogen source could power trucks while reducing greenhouse gases
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It’s better suited than batteries to power large vehicles that need to travel long distances like semi-trucks, because hydrogen refuels much faster than batteries recharge.
Solutions
Native plant projects help pollinators across state
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Funding these projects through grants is important because it increases native plant presence, which helps pollinators thrive.