Tag: Wildlife
Why is the Robin Michigan’s state bird?
The history of a 1929 statewide poll that determined Michigan’s state bird, and why not everyone is happy with the results.
Solar Power Provides Benefits To Northern Cheyenne & Kenyan Communities
Clean, renewable energy is cost competitive with fossil fuels, and in some cases costs less. Factoring in all the costs, including climate change impacts and harm to human health from fossil fuels, clean renewables make even more sense. In some cases where remote communities need to be able to generate … [continued]
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NHTSA Urged to Maintain Fuel Economy Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of health, consumer and environmental groups told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that its plan to gut fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks is irrevocably flawed and should be withdrawn. Comments submitted today from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense … [continued]
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Michigan House passes bill to lift deer baiting ban in the Lower Peninsula
If successful in the state Senate, the bill would overturn a 2018 baiting ban intended to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
Cherry Island will be permanently conserved
The Thousand Islands Land Trust and the Ontario Bays Initiative Land Trust are teaming up to ensure Cherry Island, in Lake Ontario’s Chaumont Bay, will remain undeveloped. They’ll also work […]