Land
Expanding wildland-urban interface creates new land challenges
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The growth is due to societal changes such as increased vacation, early retirement, an aging population and telecommuting.
Land
Environmentalists tell MDOT to pump the brakes on I-94 expansion
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has plans to renovate a 6.7 stretch of I-94 near Detroit.
Land
Are robot cars good for the environment?
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Experts say that could go either way and depends on who wins the transportation policy debate.
Land
Book explores mining, logging company towns of the Upper Peninsula
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Working conditions were arduous in many communities that no longer merit recognition by mapmakers.
Waste
Great Lakes states are in ecological debt
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The nation hit Ecological Deficit Day recently, thanks in part to the Great Lakes states that use more resources than they regenerate.
Air
Photo Friday: mammatus clouds
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A photo submission captures the lobe-like mammatus clouds after a Chicago storm.
Wildlife
Bringing conservation to cities
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A new book explains how what was once considered the ultimate paradox is now setting the precedent for urban development — a wildlife refuge in Detroit. The author will discuss the promise of urban conservation in Dearborn Heights Wednesday.
Recreation
Here are the Great Lakes state bike-friendly rankings
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The League of American Bicyclists released its annual bike-friendly state rankings, and two Great Lakes states broke the top 10 again.
Land
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.
Land
Edible plants, bicycles, Lake Superior islands reflect artist’s environment themes
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His work deals with political and environmental issues in the Great Lakes and its indigenous communities.