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What’s in Store for a Line 5 Tunnel? Consider Line 3
Like me, many of you are probably old enough to remember watching the popular 1970s television game show "Name That Tune." Contestants would compete against one another to see who could identify a song by hearing the fewest notes. One contestant would claim she could...
There is No Future for Line 5
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the history of Line 5, arguing that its decommissioning should be understood not just as a preventative measure against imminent disaster, but as a matter of environmental justice, of damage already inflicted. Given the stern...
Why are rational people debating a Line 5 tunnel?
Recently, Governor Whitmer, who campaigned to shut down Line 5, seemed to reverse course and expressed a willingness to consider Enbridge’s absurd scheme to build a concrete tunnel to house the Line 5 pipelines. What led to this surprising retreat from her tough...
The Ocean
A mist of salt water gently met her face as the woman stood at the bow of the boat, looking ahead. There wasn’t much for her to do, she didn’t know how to sail, and the constant rain of dark ash made cleaning pointless. So, she looked ahead, watching for anything at...
Climate Fiction
During the Fall 2018 semester, I taught a course on the emerging literary genre called “Cli-Fi” (or climate fiction). The course examined short stories, novels, films, and various other forms of narrative fiction that concern themselves with climate change or global...
Sunken
My earliest memory is of my mother bathing, in a wooden tub moved in front of the fireplace. Dirty blonde hair pulled up on her head, her pale form outlined in an orange glow, steam rising up from the water and swirling around her face, as though she was some...
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