Rural communities are the best places to harvest wind and solar energy and these technologies can be major windfalls for these communities.
Michigan climate change
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Opinion | Third-party community programs would expand solar-energy access in Michigan
Independently owned community solar projects would benefit people who lack access to solar energy due to income or the placement of their home.
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Drugs, microplastics, forever chemicals a growing concern in Great Lakes
Pharmaceuticals, microplastics, PFAS and ingredients found in personal care products are among the emerging — and sometimes unmonitored — contaminants in the Great Lakes region.
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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.