CO2 2022/2021 : 421.13 ppm / 419.64 ppm Dear Michigan Climate News readers, In the news this week: Climate-related flooding is making life hard for Michigan seniors, Michigan goes all-in on tree planting while experts question its value in the climate fight, and dank buds are powering a move to solar energy in Michigan's Upper […]
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University of Michigan students aim for carbon neutrality with small-scale farm
This is part in an ongoing series about Michiganders working toward climate solutions. Know someone we should write about? Hit reply! SUBSCRIBE TO MICHIGAN CLIMATE NEWS! Just a few miles off campus from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, students are leading the way toward a sustainable food system. Across ten acres, students cultivate […]
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Climate change increases milk production
By SHELBY FRINKCapital News Service LANSING — Rising temperatures from climate change may slightly increase milk production, despite the heat stress on cows, researchers have found. Dairy cows produce less milk when they get too hot, said Rigoberto Lopez, an author of the study and a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University […]
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Supply chain slowdown could boost demand for recycle materials
By DANIELLE JAMESCapital News Service LANSING — The same supply chain disruptions that slow Michigan manufacturing could help the recycling industry bring in new business. The opportunity started with pandemic shutdowns, which disrupted manufacturing and the movement of goods, said Dave Smith, a recycling coordinator at the Michigan State University Recycling Center. That resulted in […]
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Small backyard habitats can have high impacts
By RAYNA SKIVERCapital News Service LANSING — When you think of a habitat, you might imagine a forest, river or desert. That doesn’t have to be the case. A habitat can be as simple as a place that provides food, water and shelter for wildlife, said Natalie Cypher, a naturalist and educator in the Department […]
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From the Headlines- May 30 – June 3
Tragedy on Belle Isle: On Memorial Day, a driver left the roadway on Belle Isle’s Riverbank Drive and hit two children on Belle Isle beach. Michigan State Police confirmed Tuesday that one of the two victims has died, while the other is stable. Police later caught the suspect on the west side of Detroit. Car congestion around the beach […]
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POEM: ‘The Lonely Genius’
The Lonely Genius Walked across the ruble, all that remained Of the war he saw coming The Genius was warned Do not exist too loudly, as not to frighten The minds of those who could only see The Genius plotted He hoed, he sowed, he weeped He waited The Genius prayed He listened, he […]
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No guns, no oil: A call to love life
On dismantling the ‘thin blue line’ that blocks us from action To meet the challenges of the global climate crisis, we need bold ideas and to speak truth to power. That’s the idea behind Climate/Justice, a Planet Detoit opinion column written by Detroit-based environmental justice activist Michelle Martinez. Martinez writes not only as an activist […]
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POEM: ‘Last Ice’
{ November } How do we prepare?The wooden swing wrapped in plastic on the lawn.An unopened bag of rock salt next to the garage.My father’s bright orange camouflage snowsuit on the hallway benchfresh from the attic.In a diner on the edges of the lake,Laura, a waitress with kind eyes, makes her way toward me.“Fill up?” […]
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POEM: ‘take up space’
take up space and be a Garden welcome seeds of knowledge home loving, naming splitting open knowledge means to know spread fireseeds like bits of ember sparks from sorrowed hearts cradled and tendered in tangles and brambles pierce earth softly making mesh take up space and be a Forest which at times must burn, the […]