Great Lakes Now

The race for clean energy is local

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The race for clean energy is local

By Emily Jones and Gautama Mehta, Grist

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The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry, needs to rid itself of fossil fuels if the country is to play its role in combating the climate crisis — a transition that will have to happen even as energy providers scramble to meet what they claim is an unprecedented spike in electricity demand, attributed to the rise of AI.

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London Free Press

Longtime Indigenous broadcaster Dan Smoke mourned: ‘Transformative’

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Longtime Indigenous broadcaster and educator Dan Smoke, who hosted Smoke Signals with his wife for decades, has died.   Smoke’s wife, Mary Lou Smoke, announced the death of “the love of her life,” due to complications of pneumonia and Type 2 diabetes, in a Facebook post Monday.   “Dan committed his life to helping all people,” […]

Great Lakes Echo

Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations

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By Isabella Figueroa Student researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of an Environmental Protection Agency contest for innovations in sustainability. The EPA established the People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition to support teams of undergraduate and graduate students working to develop solutions to environmental and […]

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London Free Press

City budget: Don’t expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library

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The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted – how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got? Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look. LONDON PUBLIC LIBRARY During last winter’s multi-year budget talks, […]