Tag: Farmland
Michigan’s New Rules To Protect Water From Manure Attacked By Lawmakers | Great Lakes Now
By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Social media posts used to predict avian flu outbreaks and spread
Chatter on outlets can be used to detect avian influenza in a region 1-3 weeks in advance
Baranyai: Employees face tough choices when job, beliefs conflict
Ideally, and whenever possible, people should not be forced to participate in activities deeply at odds with their conscience or religious beliefs.
Mahon: They aren’t making any more of it, are they?
The current reality for farmland buying bears some small resemblance to small-town publishing a few decades back
Groundwater: Who’s in charge? | Great Lakes Now
In the early 2000s a movement to address the plight of the heavily polluted and long neglected Great Lakes started to gain traction.
The goal was to bring the gravitas of the federal government to the issue and in 2004 President George W. Bush signed an executive order declaring the lakes a “national treasure.” An interagency task force was established to bring together the disparate efforts of various federal programs who had been working independently on Great Lakes issues.