Michigan

Marquette Task Force Unveils Powerful Climate Change Action Plan

TL/DR - The Marquette Climate Adaptation Task Force (CATF) has launched a new initiative to counter climate change. The Marquette 2049 Learning Circles Series, which began with a presentation at Northern Michigan University’s Northern Center, aims to discuss how climate change will affect the city and county over the next 25 years. The CATF…
US Economy

Key Events to Monitor in 2024

TL/DR - The text discusses potential defining factors for energy and environmental policy in 2024, including the US general election, investments in clean energy technologies, the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, and state-level climate policymaking. The insights come from Resources for the Future (RFF) scholars Jim Boyd, Maya…
US Economy

Excited by New Industry News in Mississippi | Editor’s Letters

TL/DR - The Mississippi state legislature and Governor Reeves have approved a joint venture aimed at boosting the commercial electric vehicle (EV) battery business, following strategies implemented by Joe Biden and the Democrats to incentivise factory construction in America. A new EV battery plant is expected to create around 2,000 high-paying…
Michigan

Ann Arbor School Threat: Student Exposed as Email Sender

TL/DR - A student has been identified as the individual who sent a threatening email to Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, causing the school to close for two days. The email, which was sent on 23 January, contained threats of a bombing and a shooting, although school officials believed the threat was not credible. The student, whose age has not…