Echo
Dams: The good and the bad
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Dams provide many important benefits to society, but the benefits must be balanced with the impact on river ecosystems.
Echo
You want to ban plastic bags? Good luck
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The same things that make plastic bags useful to us make them bad for the environment. But banning them has proven to be a challenge.
Echo
The carbon dividends plan: A breakthrough on CO2?
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Fears of negative economic impacts have kept carbon taxes from moving forward in the U.S. Now, a group of leading Republican elders has a proposal that goes a step further.
drones
Farming with drones hones in on drier zones
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Bruno Basso is a Michigan State University professor and he uses drones to understand how seed crops consume water.
Land
Ohio trains farmers to help Lake Erie — but is it working?
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Most Ohio farmers are required to attend a three-hour training session, where they learn new ways to spread fertilizer. The goal is to minimize nutrient runoff into streams that lead to Lake Erie.
Podcasts
Wetlands an issue for IJC meeting in Buffalo
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The Buffalo meeting will take place on March 28.
Land
The Green Room: Urban living density–Negative or positive?
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This month’s “Green Room” segment looks at the question, “How does density impact our quality of life, and the health of our environment?”
Beer
Michigan hops growers bring new life to old crop
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Beer is big business and it’s driving the hops industry in Michigan. Now, there’s new life for a crop with some very old roots.
Echo
N.Y. brothers add to toll of deadly winter
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There have been more than 40 ice-related accidents this winter involving snowmobilers and ice fishermen. The tragic deaths of Chris Copeland and Jason Fluet account for two.
Podcasts
Trump budget cuts Great Lakes restoration, Sea Grant programs
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The Trump Administration’s proposed budget includes drastic cuts to Great Lakes funding.