Category: Climate change
Detroit shares updated plans for solar farms in city neighborhoods
The city has plans to create solar arrays in five neighborhoods. Officials say the whole process has been resident-driven.
Stateside: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Michigan’s aging crisis, honeybees from Florida helping the pollination of cherry trees, Michelle Yang on her new memoir and Grand Rapids Public Museum and Kentwood Public Schools commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Tony Blair’s New Climate Reset Report Promotes Delay, Not Action
The Tony Blair Institute recently released a controversial and rapidly amplified new report titled “The Climate Paradox,” seeking to redefine the global climate debate by advocating what it positions as a pragmatic, politically viable reset of climate action. At the heart of the report lies a provocative assertion: “Any strategy … [continued]
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Global Ferry Electrification Accelerates: 70% Of New Orders Go Electric
Seventy percent of ferries currently on order globally now feature electric drivetrains, a remarkable shift underscoring just how rapidly maritime transportation is decarbonizing. Norway has about 70 electric ferries running already, and there are likely north of 200 globally. There are about 15,400 ferries in operation around the world, new … [continued]
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State regulators want to track and fix failing septic systems
Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy wants to create a septic system database. Michigan is the only state without a statewide septic system code.