Geese are a conservation success and huge pain in many communities. So next year, Michigan officials will begin allowing some cities and lake associations to apply for permits to kill them.
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Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash
The federal government will provide more than $600 million to help two rural electricity cooperatives buy money from the nuclear plant. While proponents celebrate, anti-nuclear activists say the money could be better spent elsewhere.
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Restoring Michigan rivers by cleaning up, removing crumbling dams
Michigan has been removing more of its obsolete dams in recent years to bring rivers back to their natural state. The process isn’t easy.
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Activists hail settlement of complaint about Detroit hazardous waste facility
The state settled a civil rights complaint filed by environmental groups, who said the plan would have an ‘unlawful impact on human health’ in a predominately Black and Latino community.
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Report: Michigan's weak pollution cleanups are costing future generations
By refusing to clean up their mess, researchers found, polluters are pushing untold costs and risk onto the public. And Michigan law allows it.
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Michigan clean energy transition gets tricky in the U.P.
New natural gas plants make clean energy goals complicated for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Michigan can expect warmer-than-normal temps in early fall, forecaster says
Temperatures are expected to return to near-average in November through December, but with higher-than-average precipitation expected.
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As Consumers mulls selling 13 dams, some in Michigan fear another disaster
As it looks to exit the unprofitable hydropower business, Consumers is mulling offers from a handful of potential buyers. But hydro watchdogs warn that cut-rate sales of aging dams often come with hidden public costs.
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A tiny, rare butterfly gets a chance to thrive again in Michigan
The Poweshiek skipperling was once common in Midwest prairies but the population has plummeted. Zoos in Michigan, Minnesota and Canada are working to breed the species and release adults back into the wild.
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Nuclear waste from Manhattan Project headed to southeast Michigan landfill
The waste will be trucked to the Van Buren Township site along a route that avoids homes and businesses, the township supervisor says. State officials say radioactivity levels from the material are very low.