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Restoration update (teaser)
If you've been keeping up with our series of Landowner Stories, then you know that what's on the minds of most phase one landowners is restoration. It's certainly been on ours. This morning, Sam the dog wanted to take a tour of some of the work in the neighborhood....
“They are doing what they want”
Since it's been a little while since we've posted any, you may have thought we were done with our series on landowner stories (don't forget about our previous installments!). But we've got more! Discerning readers have probably already seen plenty of patterns, plenty...
In which we struggle to maintain our measured tone…
We're a little groggy on this Monday following an exciting four day academic conference we helped to organize at our university, which is why we've been a little quiet here at the blog lately. Scholars from all over the world traveled to Michigan to talk about nerdy...
Breaking News: Upton Betrays Michigan
Some breaking news to report: Michigan Representative Fred Upton, who represents plenty of citizens along Line 6B, has introduced legislation that would put an end to the Presidential Permitting process for cross-border pipelines. The bill is intended to fast-track...
“Horrific”
It's been a few days since our last landowner story. But don't worry; we've got more. We think the series has been quite powerful (if you've missed any part of it, please take a look back). We wonder what Enbridge thinks. We wonder how many stories like this, how many...
Radio, Radio
If you're bored at work this afternoon, you might want to tune in to the Tom Sumner radio program on WFNT out of Flint from 4-5 pm. His guests will be the awesome Beth Wallace of the National Wildlife Federation (you know her!) and, um, yours truly. Let's just say...





