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Coffee shops across the state are working to become more environmentally friendly. Measures include growing their own plants to flavor beverages, reusing glass milk bottles, donating leftover grounds to community gardens, buying beans grown without pesticides and revamping their roasting systems. We hear from owners in Coldwater, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and from an MSU expert.
It may be Michigan’s toughest hike, the 29-mile Minong Ridge Trail in Isle Royale National Park. Rustic and rugged, it lures backpackers seeking a challenge. Portions are a path in the woods, but much of it is a route along a rocky ridge where an occasional rock cairn is the only indication hikers are headed in the right direction. For news and outdoors pages.
June 21, 2019 – Summer environmental bonus 3
To: CNS Editors
From: David Poulson
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For technical problems, contact CNS technical manager Tony Cepak at (517) 803-6841; cepak@msu.edu. For other matters, contact Dave Poulson at (517) 432-5417 or (517) 899-1640 poulson@msu.edu. This is the third of occasional summer bonus budgets of environmental stories produced by our partner, Great Lakes Echo. They will move periodically through the summer. Here is your file:
TRIBAL WATER QUALITY: The U.P.’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for authority to regulate water quality on tribal land.
June 14, 2019 – Summer environmental bonus 2
To: CNS Editors
From: David Poulson
http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/
For technical problems, contact CNS technical manager Tony Cepak at (517) 803-6841; cepak@msu.edu. For other matters, contact Dave Poulson at (517) 432-5417 or (517) 899-1640 poulson@msu.edu. Editors: Note that this week we placed images directly into the posts instead of as links to separate downloads. Let us know if that causes problems on your end. This is the second of occasional summer bonus budgets of environmental stories produced by our partner, Great Lakes Echo.
Detroit kills the 13th most birds in the nation every spring, according to a recent study.
Chicago is the deadliest city for birds, according to the study ranking the bird-killing potential of 125 U.S. cities.
Detroit is 13th during spring migration and 15th during fall migration.
An unfortunate combination of building structures and placement in migratory flyways proves deadlier for birds than city size.
A new national study sharply criticized electric utilities for their handling of coal ash that contains toxic materials.
The state’s two major electric utilities, DTE Energy and Consumer’s Energy, explain how they’re remediating such problems at their coal-fired plants, including ones in Monroe, West Olive and Essexville.
We talk to the lead author of the Environmental Integrity Project study, utility representatives, the Michigan Environmental Council and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
One way to help monarch butterflies may be to mow down their favorite food, milkweeds.
Researchers are studying the impact of Michigan’s growing wolf population on fish in the U.P. and Northern Lower Peninsula. By keeping deer and elk in check, they could help provide better habitat for fish. But wolves also eat fish, which could balance out the impact.
A new study projects wild swings in water levels and erratic snowfall in the Great Lakes region as the globe warms. It’s the first comprehensive study of impacts on Canada which is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. We talk to Michigan’s state climatologist about the implications of the report, including possible impacts on tourism and Great Lakes shipping.
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