Tag: rural
Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The ready access to nature and winter sports is what prompted Elizabeth Scott and her family to up sticks from Portland, Oregon, to Houghton on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in summer 2021.
With 29% of Michigan’s territory and only 3% of its population, to many, the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) might appear a dream place to start over.
Owen Sound rally held to keep focus on health-care privatization
A small group gathered on the steps of Owen Sound city hall on Saturday to rally against the creeping privatization of health-care in Ontario. About 25 people took part in the Grey Bruce Health Coalition event, some holding signs in support of public healthcare and against privatization of services. Speakers shared details about their own […]
New paramedic base opens in Durham
Durham base is the first of five Grey County is planning to build over the next four years
Study finds high risk of injury or death in motorcycle-deer collisions
By Eric Freedman
Motorcycles and deer don’t mix. And motorcyclists are especially vulnerable to injury or death when they do, according to a recent study of a decade’s worth of crashes in Michigan.
The post Study finds high risk of injury or death in motorcycle-deer collisions first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Electric Trains To Challenge Electric Trucks For Short-Haul Deliveries
The US startup Parallel Systems is on the way to commercializing a railcar-based electric train solution, with an assist from the US Department of Energy.
The post Electric Trains To Challenge Electric Trucks For Short-Haul Deliveries appeared first on CleanTechnica.