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Uh-oh

Uh-oh

Haven't meant to be neglectful of late; sometimes spring activities get a little out of hand! For now, we just want to say that restoration-- by which we mean restoration headaches-- have begun. We are already irritated and concerned. Details coming soon. How are...

Our New Series: The Kalamazoo River Institute

Whew! The semester has finally ended, grades have been recorded, and we finally have a little time to post. To compensate for the recent lull, we're pleased to announce the launch of a new series! This past Friday, we were fortunate to participate in an exciting...

An Earth Day Week miracle!

An Earth Day Week miracle!

Just when the disheartening spectacle of snow in late April threatened to extinguish the last remaining shred of hope that springtime in Michigan would ever return, we experienced this afternoon what for months has seemed an impossible fantasy, nothing more than a...

A local tour

A local tour

This morning we've fought our way to the surface from beneath a mountain of end-of-term student papers to bring you a brief tour of local news reports. Line 6B construction activity has been pretty quiet recently owing first to frost-law restrictions and, more...

Line 6B reports earn Pulitzer Prize!

Line 6B reports earn Pulitzer Prize!

How's this for some great news: the ace reporters over at Inside Climate News-- David Hasemyer, Lisa Song, and Elizabeth McGowan-- have just been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting If those names sound familiar, and they should, it's because they've...

A little humor for tax day

We sincerely hope that all of our readers who have dealt with Enbridge were able to figure out how to report to the IRS. Enbridge-- as one might expect-- did not make it easy by reporting payments on the wrong form (or so tax experts told me). But to bring a little...

Links and Resources

Pipeline Safety Trust

A nonprofit public charity promoting pipeline safety through education and advocacy..

CENHS Podcast

From Rice University’s Center for Energy & Environmental Research in the Human Sciences

Petrocultures

Univeristy of Alberta’s research group on the social and politcal implications of oil and energy use.

Resilience

A journal of the environmental humanities.

ASLE

The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment

Inside Climate News

Covering climate change, energy, and the environment.