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Vivian La

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Vivian La

    New electric research boat creates a (quiet) splash in Grand Traverse Bay (opens the original)

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    Grand Traverse Bay has a new research boat — and it’s all-electric. The Freshwater Research Innovation Center in Traverse City bought the boat last month using a state grant that aims to transition the maritime industry to clean energy. The center’s purchase joins efforts around Grand Traverse Bay to expand the footprint of electric boats and chargers. The 24-foot rigid inflatable boat, built by the company Vita Power, is docked at Discovery Pier, where it will be used by students and scientists

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Vivian La

    Michigan tribes file request to overturn state permits for Line 5 tunnel (opens the original)

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    Four Michigan tribes asked state regulators on Thursday to overturn permits for the plan to update an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Tribes said that construction on the fossil fuel pipeline would threaten their ways of life by damaging cultural and environmental resources, in their request to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for an administrative hearing to contest the permit. If granted, the hearing will allow parties to submit evi

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Vivian La

    State regulators to review issued Line 5 tunnel permits after MI Supreme Court ruling (opens the original)

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    The Whitmer administration announced Wednesday that state regulators are reviewing permits that were already issued for the controversial Line 5 tunnel project, using stronger guidance from a Michigan Supreme Court ruling this summer. Enbridge Energy wants to replace an aging portion of the oil and natural gas liquids pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac with a new one in a tunnel, buried beneath the lakebed. “We cannot put the Great Lakes at risk for another decade while waiting for a solution t

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Vivian La

    Local officials hire lawyers, respond to large-scale solar plans in northern Michigan (opens the original)

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    Elected officials in Grand Traverse and Wexford counties are consulting with lawyers this week to respond to a renewable energy developer’s plan to build a large-scale solar farm in the area, a plan that may involve a new state law that limits local governments’ ability to reject such proposals. The solar farm, known as the Shipyard Solar project, could span 1,800 acres, mostly in Wexford Township with parts in Grant Township, according to a presentation from the developer Ranger Power provided

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Vivian La

    As family farms decline, more Michigan farmers try to preserve their land (opens the original)

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    John Boyer grew up on his family’s 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat in East Jordan. The farm changed ownership outside the family several times over the decades before being rebought by Boyer, who said he felt an obligation to repurchase and farm the land so development wouldn’t encroach on the farming community. “For any farmer, everything’s personal,” Boyer said. “Every piece of property, every stone you pick up, you spend countless hours out there.” As millions of farmland

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