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  • Southern Illinois To Sequester Wisconsin's C02

    Here's a real question: if the FutureGen carbon sequestration project goes to Texas

  • Republican Legislator Mentions 'Taking Up Arms' In Regard To Threats To Tap The Great Lakes

    A water shortage can bring out the 'Yosemite Sam' in the most genteel of persons, as well as join politicians in a common defense against water pilfering outlanders. On TreeHugger posts, and elsewhere, Great Lakes-area residents' comments on the

  • A-Squared Goes For Rain Barrels Too

    A few weeks back we saw the LED street lights going up in Ann Arbor Michigan USA. Now this same City is experimenting with rain barrels on a large scale. That's a good thing. Rain barrels not only provide free water for gardening, they reduce the

  • Utilities Can Protect America's Wildlife

    Power companies, sewage treatment plants, and water providers can protect large amounts of wildlife habitat in cooperation with state governments, says a recent study by the nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute (ELI).

  • Flybo Arrives on U.S. Shores (UPDATED)

    Have a hankering for a nice, compact electric car but don't have the patience to wait out the Smart Car? Well, if you live in or close to Saginaw, Michigan, you're in luck: the Great Lakes Auto Sales dealership will start selling the Flybo-EV within

  • "Frog Disruptor In My Soap", Revisited

    This post is about a marketing paradox. It's about a product ingredient advertised for its ability to protect our health, which it does well in professional health care settings, but which may, indirectly, have the potential to do the opposite in

  • Any Colour, So Long as it's Green: Ford's New Paint

    What reduces overall CO2 output by 15%? What cuts volatile organic compounds (VOC) by around 10%? What takes 20% less time to use? What saves more than $7 USD per vehicle. Hopefully the answer to all those questions might turn out to be Ford's new

  • Detroit Area Congressman Lofting Fake Trial Balloon For Carbon Tax

    US Congressional Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan, a powerful Democrat, has announced that "he planned to propose a steep new "carbon tax" that would raise the cost of burning oil, gas and coal, in a move that could shake up the political

  • Lake Inferior, Soon To Be?

    Reports about a rapidly dropping Lake Superior, probably the most beautiful and certainly the largest of all the Great Lakes, (max depth = 1,330 feet), are showing up all over. You'd think the print media were on a "hunt-for-signs-of-global-warming."

  • Houston, We Have a Solution

    It appears that humans may be returning to the moon much sooner than anticipated: Shaopeng Huang, a geophysicist at the University of Michigan, has called for the establishment of an international system of monitoring stations on the lunar surface to

  • Wedjaget That Bottled Water?

    We often write about bottled water. The continuous fascination stems from how convenience-driven the market is. Laying out logic can't overcome convenience, no matter how significant the environmental effects may be. The only recourse would be to

  • GM Promises 40% Less Manufacturing Emissions

    Via press release:- "...General Motors announced its goal to reduce CO2 emissions from its North American manufacturing facilities by 40 percent by 2010, based on 2000 levels. GM is setting this target as part of its voluntary partnership in the U.S.

  • Locally Produced Geese On The Soup Kitchen Menu

    Going just by the name Canada Goose, you'd think the US has Canada to thank for goose crap all over its parks, golf courses, beaches, and even private yards on year round basis. In actuality, Branta canadensis has only recently elected to skip flying

  • "All Aboard" - Two New Invasive Species Per Year Entering US/Canadian Great Lakes

    Somehow this posting was rejected by one of Lloyd's favorite sources, CuteOverload. Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinal: - "Frustrated by the mounting number of invasive species arriving in the bellies of overseas freighters, some conservationists are

  • Questions Executives and Board Members Should Be Asking Themselves

    It's all in the numbers. Ninety percent (90%) chance that Climate Change is attributable to human activity. Ten (10) years to get serious about the problem. Possibility of climate catastrophe by mid-century under the "business as usual" scenario.

  • Students Compete for Snowmobile Design

    Having spent a great deal of time in Vermont this past winter, I realize that snowmobiles are a means of transportation when the white fluff is overwhelming. In addition, they serve a great purpose in the northern parts of the world when it comes to

  • Tesla Motors Opening Technical Center in Michigan

    While GM has been riding the eco-wave lately with its Chevy Volt concept, there's more electricity coming out of Detroit. Tesla Motors, manufacturer of high performance, zero-emission electric vehicles has opened its Michigan Technical Center in

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