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JACKSON—The Jackson-based electric and gas utility Consumers Energy has kicked off a new program for residential and business customers who want to offset carbon emissions from their natural gas use …
ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan researchers will enlist the help of citizen scientists in a new project to digitize thousands of historical records—some dating back more than a century—about Michigan inland …
DETROIT–Officials at Detroit-based General Motors Co. announced that it “aspires” to “eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035,” meaning an all-electric vehicle sales lineup, with further plans to …
DETROIT—The Detroit chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Eastern Michigan chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers will hold a joint virtual …
MIDLAND—Officials at the Midland-based chemical giant Dow Inc. announced new commitments to address both climate change and plastic waste while issuing the company’s 2019 Sustainability Report and outlining progress to …
ANN ARBOR—At a time when the reality of climate change has become the focus of national debate—often a political hot potato—research showing that 98 percent of students in a large …
ANN ARBOR—As the world grows warmer and the region grows wetter, extreme heat and rain will cause more people to die or become ill—a costly burden in terms of lives …
ANN ARBOR—Four new research grants from the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute will address the challenges of safe drinking water, climate change vulnerability, sustainable livestock production, and the health …
ANN ARBOR – A new installation at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities will show the human effects of flooding and climate change through a riveting five-channel video …
ANN ARBOR — Though Michigan’s sugar maples benefit from the growth-promoting effects of nitrogen compounds in the environment, those gains will not fully offset the added stresses of growing under …