Pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFAS and ingredients found in personal care products are among the emerging — and sometimes unmonitored — contaminants in the Great Lakes region.
Michigan climate change
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Opinion | Morality and a clean energy future
Clean energy is a moral issue for us. We must remain vigilant.
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Michigan schools receive $24 million to buy electric buses
Twenty-eight Michigan school districts received a combined $24 million in federal rebates to purchase electric buses. It’s the latest in a series of federal awards to eliminate aging diesel buses.
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Michigan to invest $110M in EV chargers. At $134K a plug, it won’t go far
Hoping to entice drivers into electric vehicles, the government is spending mightily to build EV charging stations across Michigan. But high costs mean the money won’t go far.
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EV transition a slow go in Michigan. It needs 100,000 chargers, has 3,300
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants 2 million electric vehicles on Michigan roads by 2030. But to make sure they all have a place to refuel, Michigan may need to install about 47 chargers a day, every day, for the next six years.
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Wind, solar farm law won’t make November ballot in Michigan
The group Citizens for Local Choice wanted to give voters the chance to overturn a Michigan law that puts the state in charge of permitting large wind and solar arrays. But it has not collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot.
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In warming Great Lakes region, water, heat can be an unhealthy combination
From mosquitoes to sewer overflows, the heat and moisture of a changing climate are creating new health threats in the Great Lakes region, prompting a call to educate residents and doctors about the risks.
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Toxic Great Lakes algae makes Michigan sick. But remedy may be near
Growing concern over health risks posed by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie prompts scientists to study a potential treatment found in an unlikely place: the lake.
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Ticks in Michigan: How to spot them, avoid bites
Though ticks can be spotted in any season, experts especially encourage checking for them during this time of year, when people are enjoying more outdoor activities.
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Would tax break for MI data centers bring economic boon, or climate doom?
Proponents say luring the massive cloud-computing facilities could revitalize struggling former factory towns. But critics fear without safeguards, the energy-hogging facilities will obliterate Michigan’s climate goals.