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Bike Share Coming to Lansing
Last Updated: 7:08 PM 06/21/11 - Nearly everyone knows how, but now the Ingham County Land Bank is trying to make riding a bike even easier. A new bike sharing program that could be coming to Lansing.
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Zipcars Come To Campus
Last Updated: 7:39 PM 01/04/11 - ZIpcar, the famous car-sharing service is now available on MSU's campus.
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GM: Michigan in a "Leadership Position" for Hybrid Plug-In Readiness
Last Updated: 1:04 PM 07/19/11 - Power companies across the state of Michigan are offering some serious incentives for customers buying hybrid plug-in cars. GM credits collaboration with the Michigan Public Service Commission and utilities for putting Michigan ahead of other markets plug-ins are launching in.
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Single Stream Recycling Comes to Lansing
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 09/13/10 - Going green just got a whole lot easier in Lansing. The city launched a revised curbside recycling program Monday that allows people to recycle more with less effort.
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Start of Fall Berry Season Saved by Thursday Rains
Last Updated: 5:44 PM 10/25/10 - A dry August nearly shortened a usually brief fall berry season, but .58 inches of rain Thursday night helped some farmers' crops flourish in time for this Labor Day weekend. As a result, many farmers opened their fields to produce lovers looking to pick-their-own basket of berries.
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States Team Up To Fight Global Warming
Last Updated: 1:03 PM 07/19/11 - Centers around efforts to the protect the Great Lakes.
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Study: Earth Is Warming
Last Updated: 4:06 PM 10/26/09 - Study disputes skeptics of global warming.
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Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel
Last Updated: 4:02 PM 10/19/09 - Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source — willow shrubs _that could help cut demand on the state's forests.
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Feds Award $2.7M for Wolverine Carbon Project
Last Updated: 2:57 PM 10/07/09 - An electric power co-op that wants to build a coal-fired plant in northern Michigan has received a $2.7 million federal grant for a project designed to prevent industrial carbon dioxide from contributing to climate change.
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Governors On Energy
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 10/06/09 - Midwestern governors group to hold Detroit forum
World leaders stress unity to fight crises
Last Updated: 2:56 PM 09/24/09 - Global leaders warned colleagues that coordinated international action to end the worldwide recession and reverse climate change must not fall victim to routine political divisions and pitfalls.
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Obama To World: Don't Expect America To Fix It All
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 09/25/09 - President Barack Obama challenged world leaders to shoulder more of the globe's critical burdens, promising a newly cooperative partner in America.
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Obama Speaks On Climate Change
Last Updated: 8:30 PM 09/22/09 - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed urgent action to cool an overheating planet, even as prospects dimmed for a full treaty by the end of the year.
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Doctors Warn Climate Change Will Threaten Public Health
Last Updated: 6:58 PM 09/17/09 - More than 100 doctors across the state of Michigan are calling on the U.S. Senate to combat climate change by passing Clean Energy Legislation.
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Brazil Proposes Banning Sugarcane In Amazon
Last Updated: 4:39 PM 09/17/09 - Brazil will prohibit sugarcane-ethanol plantations in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas of Latin America's largest nation.
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Doctors Tell Politicians to Fight Climate Change
Last Updated: 4:04 PM 09/16/09 - A weak response to climate change could be catastrophic for international health.
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House Considers Funding Green Vehicle Research
Last Updated: 3:25 PM 09/16/09 - Rep. Gary Peters sponsors bill; House to vote today.
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Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions
Last Updated: 3:54 PM 09/10/09 - Auto dealers and business leaders have appealed a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California to establish the nation's first greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks.
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Effects of Arctic Warming Seen as Widespread
Last Updated: 3:51 PM 09/10/09 - Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north.
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MSU Goes Green While Making Green
Last Updated: 7:11 PM 09/10/09 - The MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center will allow the university to triple the amount of materials they recycle.
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Post-Wildfire Worries: Floods, Damaged Ecosystem
Last Updated: 4:02 PM 09/08/09 - Southern California's huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape of barren mountains looming above thousands of homes that now face the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
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Federal Survey Finds Coal Ash Sites in 35 States
Last Updated: 3:56 PM 09/08/09 - The toxic leftovers from burning coal for power are sitting in nearly 600 sites in 35 states, according to a federal survey.
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Federal Agency Won't List Butterfly as Endangered
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 09/02/09 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly does not warrant listing as an endangered species and protection of its habitat.
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US Wants to Fill Need For Climate Forecasts
Last Updated: 3:29 PM 09/02/09 - The global need to cope with climate change is fueling a desire to make climate forecasts as common as weather forecasts.
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Trash Helps The Bottom Line
Last Updated: 7:28 PM 09/02/09 - Business turning trash into usable products.
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"Green Teams" Helping Homes, Businesses
Last Updated: 8:09 PM 09/01/09 - Groups offer motivation to be environmentally concious.
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Getting Your Kids Ready For School
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 08/31/09 - Common sense can keep your kids safe, healthy.
Companies Mixed On Helping The Environment
Last Updated: 1:50 PM 08/28/09 - Interest is high, but actions are low.
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Energy Companies Want to Buy Closed Ford Plant
Last Updated: 3:42 PM 08/27/09 - Two alternative energy companies planning to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory near Detroit want to convert it into the country's largest renewable energy park.
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Companies Offer Green Options
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 08/27/09 - Conservation doesn't need to die during a recession.
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Wind Turbine Roadblocks in Recession
Last Updated: 7:45 PM 08/26/09 - An Eaton Rapids company that invested millions in green technology isn't seeing the demand it had hoped for.
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Explaining "Cap And Trade"
Last Updated: 7:50 PM 08/26/09 - Study shows this won't scare companies out of America.
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Sparrow Goes Paperless; Patients Benefit
Last Updated: 8:28 PM 08/25/09 - Officials say Sparrow Hospital's new Electronic Medical Record System will improve patient care.
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LEED Is The Answer
Last Updated: 9:36 PM 08/25/09 - Government has new strategy to expand use of efficient appliances.
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Climate Champions
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 08/24/09 - Ordinary people can work to save energy.
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New Technology For Birds
Last Updated: 8:33 PM 08/21/09 - Will help wind farms.
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Making Plastic From Plants
Last Updated: 2:54 PM 08/20/09 - Future plastics may go in the compost bin, not in the trash.
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Natural Gas For Cars
Last Updated: 2:02 PM 08/19/09 - This could be a cheaper source of fuel.
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MSU: Rutabagas = Fuel?
Last Updated: 5:03 PM 08/18/09 - Michigan State University researchers look at rutabagas for biofuel.
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Oceans Are Getting Saltier
Last Updated: 8:38 PM 08/18/09 - Climate change is affecting the oceans, which then accelerates climate change.
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Frito Lay Turns To Solar Power
Last Updated: 8:24 PM 08/17/09 - Plant uses sun power to create steam.
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Device To Help Wind Turbines
Last Updated: 10:08 PM 08/14/09 - "Wind Energizer" can increase turbine's output.
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Poll: Americans Support CO2 Regulation
Last Updated: 2:51 PM 08/13/09 - People want the government to get involved.
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Internet Vs. The Environment?
Last Updated: 2:58 PM 08/12/09 - The carbon footprint from online users is growing.
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Use Food For Fertilizer
Last Updated: 3:14 PM 08/11/09 - Composting is an easy, cheap way to make your own fertilizer.
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Climate Talks Resume with New Emissions Pledges
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 08/10/09 - Wealthy countries are not going far enough to control greenhouse gas emissions, activists said Monday as delegates from 180 nations resumed talks on a global climate change pact.
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Calling For Help From Uncle Sam
Last Updated: 3:26 PM 08/10/09 - Some say incentives needed to grow green jobs.
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Drive More "Green"
Last Updated: 2:56 PM 08/07/09 - Forget "The Fast & The Furious" if you want to help your car, and the environment.
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Space Age Insulation To The Rescue
Last Updated: 7:23 PM 08/06/09 - New insulation far superior to fiberglass.
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Pacific states seek urgent climate change action
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 08/06/09 - The Pacific Islands Forum called on all nations Thursday to pledge a 50 percent cut in their emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
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