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A difficult choice on balance of nature on Isle Royale
Posted by Detroit Free Press: TODD SPANGLER on November 15th, 2015
Detroit Free Press: From new vehicle fuel standards and higher renewable energy targets to controversial plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions on coal-fired power plants, the Obama administration - in its words - has been "leading global efforts to address the threat of climate change."
Those sweeping efforts, however, have done nothing so far to save a small, dwindling, treasured pack of gray wolves on a remote Michigan island, presumably due federal protection as a threatened species and guaranteed sanctuary...
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Spike in oil pumped under Straits of Mackinac worries Michigan lawmakers
Posted by Detroit Free Press: TODD SPANGLER on December 13th, 2013
Detroit Free Press: Michigan’s U.S. senators want to know what steps federal regulators took to ensure that a 60-year-old pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac was safe before allowing millions of gallons of oil to flow through it each day -- and how quickly a leak could be detected and the line shut down.
Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin sent a letter to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrationtoday, raising the specter of another environmental disaster like the one that occurred...