CNS BUDGET 3rd SUMMER ENVIRONMENTAL PACKAGE
August 19, 2024
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Editors: This is our 3rd CNS summer Michigan environmental package in partnership with Great Lakes Echo.
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ELECTRONIC WASTE: Michigan’s electric vehicle future will require millions of batteries, hundreds of thousands of charging stations and moving the state to renewable sources of energy. One important source of some critical minerals needed for that future remains under-tapped: recycled old electronic waste. Delhi Township collects e-waste. Experts from Michigan Tech phe Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the Argonne National Laboratory explain. By Gabrielle Nelson. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/ELECTRONIC WASTE PHOTO: Electronics contain critical minerals such as copper, nickel, gold, lithium and cobalt needed to make batteries for electric vehicles and to electrify Michigan’s energy grid. Credit: Gabrielle Nelson
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HUNGRY WOLVES: The National Park Service is warning campers on Isle Royale that the island’s growing wolf population is scavenging for food. We also hear from a DNR expert. By Gabrielle Nelson. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/HUNGRY WOLVES PHOTO: An Isle Royale wolf. Credit: National Park Service
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RARE TURTLES: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has given Michigan and Ohio $500,000 to help save the rare Blandings and spotted turtles. A Michigan Natural Features Inventory expert discusses. By Ruth Thornton. FOR ALL POINTS
w/RARE TURTLES BLANDING’S PHOTO: A Blanding’s turtle stands at the edge of a wetland. Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w/RARE TURTLES SPOTTED PHOTO: Spotted turtle. Credit: Kile Kucher, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
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DETROIT BEES: A Detroit couple is popularizing beekeeping in the city, which they say can transform vacant and blighted lots to benefit residents and the pollinators. Their nonprofit program, Detroit Hives, has a grant to expand its work to use pollinator habitats to facilitate food security, activate abandoned areas and promote environmental justice By Jada Vasser. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/DETROIT BEES PHOTO: Bee City USA sign in downtown Detroit. Courtesy photo
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RARE BUTTERFLIES: John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids and MSU researchers are part of an international partnership acing to save a small, inconspicuous – and rare – butterfly known as the Poweshiek skipperling that was once so common in Midwest prairies that collectors largely ignored them. By Ruth Thornton. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/RARE BUTTERFLIES PHOTO FLOWER: A Poweshiek skipperling is on a black-eyed Susan. The purple spots on the wings mark it as one of this year’s releases. Credit: Ruth Thornton
w/RARE BUTTERFLIES PHOTO CAGES: David Pavlik stands in front of small cloth-covered cages holding Poweshiek skipperlings, rare butterflies on the brink of extinction, at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids. Credit: Ruth Thornton
w/RARE BUTTERFLIES PHOTO READY TO RELEASE: Cale Nordmeyer is getting ready to release one of the butterflies. Credit: Ruth Thornton
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WARMER FALL: Early fall temperatures in Michigan will likely be higher than average, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist in Grand Rapids, but are predicted to return to normal for the winter if long-term predictions hold up. By Ruth Thornton. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/WARMER FALL TEMPERATURES MAP: Most of the Lower 48 states have an increased chance of higher-than-average temperatures for August – October 2024. Credit: National Weather Service
w/WARMER FALL PRECIPITATION MAP: Michigan and the Great Lakes may see near-normal precipitation amounts August – October 2024. Credit: National Weather Service
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NATIVE PLANTS: Our writer joins researchers who are collecting seeds of native plant species at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. Michigan is among the Midwest states using federal aid for a program to conserve and restore native flora, and the team is combing through Michigan prairies, wetlands and forests looking for native plant seeds. By Elinor Epperson. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/NATIVE PLANTS PHOTO HANDS: Jenna Nutter, a field technician at Seeds of Success, examines a stalk of prairie cordgrass, a plant native to Michigan. Credit: Elinor Epperson
w/NATIVE PLANTS PHOTO HABER: Botanist Elizabeth Haber of Seeds for Success looks for native plants at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Elinor Epperson
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BEACH CLOSINGS: Scientists say decease-old methods used to test recreational waters for E. coli and other contaminants are inadequate and new methods could better protect public health by more accurate and better timed Great Lakes beach closings, plus inland waters such as the Detroit River and Oakland County lakes. We hear from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Department of Natural Resources and the International Joint Commission. By Amalia Medina. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/BEACH CLOSINGS PHOTO PADDLE BOARDERS: Paddle boarders cross Platte Lake where a decades-long campaign reduced algal blooms caused by runoff from a fish hatchery. Credit: J. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue
w/BEACH CLOSINGS PHOTO ALGAL BLOOM: Algal blooms caused by runoff pollution cause Lake Erie water to appear green. Credit: J. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue
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ARTS & SCRAPS: A Detroit nonprofit is working with youth on projects and activities that reuse materials in creative ways, promotes sustainability and reduces waste is part of the city’s effort to combat climate change. By Jada Vasser. FOR ALL POINTS.
w/ARTS & SCRAPS PHOTO CHILDREN: An Arts & Scraps program at Brilliant Detroit Brightmoor. Credit: Justin Bozynski & Jason Keen
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