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Gibson Guitar Corp. Investigated Again On Legality Of Rainforest Wood Imports
A Gibson guitar operation in Nashville was recently raided by Federal agents - this being the second time in 3 years. According to a WSJ article (see Guitar Frets) , they were looking for
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Health Effects of Michigan Oil Spill Linger: Tar Sands and Lighter Oils...
Just months after the BP spill last year, an Enbridge pipeline spilled nearly a million gallons of oil into a creek flowing into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan. It became the largest...
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Can You Spot TreeHugger in this Google 'Search Story' About Solar Power in...
Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding...
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Internet Killing Print Media: Up-Cycling Paper Mills Could Make Digital...
Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the
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Thousands Ask Univ. of Michigan Stadium to Go Solar
From the Redskins' huge solar installation to a solar-powered NASCAR track that mows its grass with sheep, major sporting venues can be an ideal location for solar power. From large expanses of...
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Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Worst in Decades
Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in...
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University Installs Solar and Electric Car Charging. "Environmentalists" Get...
Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.
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Detecting Plant Diseases? There's an App for that
The Gene-Z app works with Apple and Android and can detect plant diseases in 10-30 minutes.
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My Favourite Stories of 2011: March
Where I was preoccupied with everything Herman Miller after a tour of their factories
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Michigan Has Large Shale Gas Reserves, In The Great Lakes Watershed
The Michigan basin has extensive shale gas reserves, yet it is not a political issue for Democrats or Republicans. Why?
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Heart-Powered Pacemakers to Eliminate Battery Replacement Surgery
Researchers propose using the vibrations of the heart to keep pacemakers going, eliminating the need to replace batteries.
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One Female Left: Wolves May Go Extinct in Michigan National Park
The last pack of wolves in a Michigan national park is near extinction. Should humans intervene?
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Koby Cottage "Represents a Revolution in Modular Construction"
It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while.
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Federal Food Aid Recipients Double Their Money at Local Farmers' Markets
The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients
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Lessons From The Past: How Living Like Great Grandma Is Green
Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."
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What Causes "Zombie Infrastructure"? Depends Who You Ask
Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little.
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The Decolonizing Diet Project is Teaching Volunteers to Eat Like Native...
How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?
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Solar Breweries Come to Michigan
An Ann Arbor brewery has just completed a $350,000 overhaul of its facilities, all in the name of greener beer.
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Faults Leading to 2010 Michigan Tar Sands Spill Known to Pipeline Operator...
Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.
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89-year-old Michigan Beekeeper May Lose his Hives After Neighbor Complaints
Beekeeper, and World War II veteran, is at risk of losing his beehives he's had since the 1950s.
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Meet the one city in America where cars have been banned since 1898
When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.
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Could Michigan replace lost manufacturing jobs with solar jobs?
It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area.
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Deja vu all over again: Michigan auto dealers sneakily try to lock Tesla out...
When the incumbents do everything in their power to keep you out of the market, rather than try to compete with you directly on the merit of their products, you know you're on to something.
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Wolf hunt up for vote on Michigan’s November ballot
Does the state of Michigan need a wolf hunt? Voters will get the chance to weigh in.
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Michigan voters say “No” to wolf hunting
However, the voter’s choice won’t be the final say.
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The most contaminated birds on the planet: Michigan's bald eagles are full of...
Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...
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Michigan lawmaker wants to call burning tires “renewable energy”
Proposed bill would make burning tires and other industrial solid waste count towards the state’s mandate of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewables.
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Flatpack Passive House is made in Detroit
Phoenix Haus brings European prefab technology to the midwest
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Exquisite jewelry made with living plants keeps growing
Elegant necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings are planted with hardy succulents and worn as jewelry.
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Michigan bans bans on plastic bags, takeout food containers, styrofoam cups...
Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.
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