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Every Tuesday the Current State public affairs radio program on WKAR in East Lansing runs an environmental story in partnership with Great Lakes Echo. The stories also run on the Echo site and are archived here.
As the tar sands industry continues to grow, a pressing issue is finding ways to transport the crude oil to midwest refineries. Some are hoping to ship tar sands across the Great Lakes, while others fear another disaster like the Kalamazoo spill.
Current State checks in monthly with Great Lakes commentator and journalist Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the basin. For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we’re focusing on petcoke piles and Asian carp.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Nov. 22, 2013 – The Environment Report, with Jeff Kart, Mr. Great Lakes by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses the first urban nature preserve in Bay City and the beginnings of a 140-mile Thumb Loop high-voltage transmission line. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
Throughout the 20th century large investments of time and money were made to help restore big game populations across the U.S.
Many of these efforts were successful and continue today. But they may be short lived.
After a year filled with controversy, Michigan is holding it’s first wolf hunt in nearly 40 years.
Although this is Michigan’s first hunt, that’s not the case for other states in the upper Midwest.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are both heading into their second wolf hunt this year.
Every home football Saturday here in East Lansing, thousands of people flock to the Michigan State campus to take part in a sacred ritual: tailgating. But the pastime takes a toll. After the celebrating, landscaping personnel at MSU repair damage to grass and trees.
The emerald ash borer has killed acres of ash trees across Michigan since 2002. However, research suggest the invasive beetle from Asia may have arrived in Michigan even earlier.
When people think of Michigan’s economy, they typically point to the State’s automobile industry or its agricultural sector. Often overlooked is one of Michigan’s greatest natural assets: water. A new report commissioned by the governor’s office focuses on accelerating Michigan’s water based or ‘Blue economy.’ The paper’s author, John Austin, is the Director of the Michigan Economic Center at Prima Civitas Foundation. Austin says that a ‘Blue Economy’ is similar to a ‘Green Economy.’ Michigan economic developers eye ‘Blue Economy’ by Great Lakes Echo
This Great Lakes Month in Review, focuses on fracking, ballast water and petcoke.
In 2008, the state legislature passed Michigan’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. The law requires that by the year 2015, utilities must generate at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources. As 2015 approaches, state officials are working to determine the next steps for Michigan’s energy policy.