(Bed Bath &) Beyond a Praying Mantis
Part One. I needed some things at home, and thought that Bed Bath & Beyond could solve all my...
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Environment
Question Corner | December 2022
Q. What will the City of Ann Arbor do if the “Gelman Plume” contaminates Barton Pond? Is there an alternative source of water? A. This fiscal year the city will install two “sentinel wells” to watch for the plume approaching...
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Building a Bike-Safe City
Christopher Becker was biking home from his job at the Ann Arbor District Library on August 24,...
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New Pathways
If you stand on the corner of Freer and Dexter-Chelsea roads, at the northwest edge of the Oak...
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Contests and Consequences
Control of city council was effectively decided in August, when candidates supported by mayor...
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Veggies Against Global Warming
A weeklong “plant-based challenge” this month will urge Ann Arborites to shrink their greenhouse...
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Transit’s Big Win
With the pandemic still simmering, it was a bold move by the Ann Arbor Area Transportation...
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Citizen Scientists
At Greenview Nature Area, it could be a Peck’s skipper, one of more than fifty-two butterfly and...
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Ivorybills and Iggy Pop
It is not often that Iggy Pop, Pete Seeger, and the ivory-billed woodpecker can all be considered...
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The MRF Reboot
Ann Arbor’s Material Recovery Facility is a lot cleaner than the last time I saw it. Back then, a...
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Walden in Pittsfield
According to Realtor.com, 4533 Carpenter Rd. was on the market for more than four years. From the...
Read MoreGelman Plume a Superfund Site?
Q. Why do local governments want the EPA to declare the Gelman dioxane plume a Superfund site? A. From the 1960s into the 1980s, Gelman Sciences discharged manufacturing wash water into ponds on its Wagner Rd. property. Bacteria...
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The Greening of the University
“I think that this is the most audacious plan out there,” says Steve Forrest, co-chair...
Read MoreGelman Plume Moves East?
Q. Why does the Gelman Plume move steadily eastward? I would expect a liquid to disperse in all directions.A. Ann Arbor water treatment plant manager Brian Steglitz explains: “Just like a river, groundwater has a gradient...
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Sustainable Energy Utility
When world leaders met in Glasgow in early November to grapple with the accelerating climate...
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The EV Pioneers
Last year, California announced that it will ban the sale of new vehicles powered by internal...
Read MoreWatery Washtenaw
“When I drive around, all I see is what used to be here,” says Washtenaw County water resources commissioner Evan Pratt. What used to be here were swamps. The landscape was so wet that during the first wave of...
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Fatal Fungus
Frei, a forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, describes it...
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Farmland Funds
Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
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