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Local Issues
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◊ MTU Environmental Sustainability Committee: Promoting and and supporting environmental initiatives while serving as a resource to the campus and community. (many links from this site are very helpful too)
◊ Michigan Renewable Fuels Commission: The bipartisan commission formed as a part of the seven-bill package approved by Governor Granholm on July 7, 2006
◊ Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative: Highlights breaking news on bird conservation, recreation, and research; upcoming conferences, festivals, and field trips; and much more
◊ SaveTheWildUP.Org: An informative site related to the issues of metallic sulfide mining in the Upper Peninsula
◊ Upper Peninsula Public Access Coalition: A newly formed citizens group concerned with the sale of land owned by Upper Peninsula Power Company/Wisconsin Public Service Corporation and its impact on surrounding project lands around several wild flowages in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
◊ EarthShareOfMichigan.Org: Part of a nationwide network of America's leading non-profit environmental and conservation organizations, working to promote environmental education and charitable giving through workplace giving campaigns.
◊ Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition: Located out of Houghton; contains current "hot issues"
◊ Northwoods Wilderness Recovery: "Preserving and Restoring"
◊ Michigan Nature Association: Contains current issues dealing with Estivant Pines located at the tip of the Keweenaw.
◊ YellowDog Watershed Preserve: a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose vision is the preservation of the Yellow Dog River and surrounding area in Northern Marquette County of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
◊ Great Lakes United: An International Coalition dedicated to preserving and restoring the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River Ecosystem.
◊ Salt Free Great Lakes: A call to action to prevent invasive species from continuing to cripple our lakes (links out of Great Lakes United).
◊ New Power Tour: a joint venture with local community members and MTU Enterprise to promote alternative energies, by educating people at a different location, one week at a time.
◊ i love Mountains.Org: A resource center to end mountaintop removal
Informational
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Daily Updates:
◊ News@Nature.com: up-to-date news
◊ Great Lakes IT report: current technology news, includes reports dealing with alternative fuel updates for Michigan.
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Great Lakes Information Network News
◊ Treehugger.com: has a full ecocelebrity page - a perfect for connecting eco-news to the interests of everyday people
◊ New Technology News
◊ Alternative Fuels on About.com: current news about alternative fuels
◊ Discovery Channel: live streaming of recent shows
◊ PlanetSave.Com news link: current news stories with much more information as well
◊ New York Times Environment News
◊ Science Daily
◊ Pasty.com: great photos of our Upper Peninsula
◊ Astronomy Picture of the Day - posted by our own MTU professor: Dr. Robert Nemiroff
◊ NASA Image of the Day
◊ Space Weather.Com - aurora watch; daily space news
◊ NASA Earth Observatory: daily nature news through satellite photos
◊ Real Time U.S. Composite Satellite Animation
Nature magazines and websites [top]
◊ nature.com
◊ pbs - nature
◊ e-nature
◊ bbc- science & nature
◊ nature.net
◊ science magazine
◊ popular science
◊ new scientist
◊ co2 science
◊ discovery magazine
Other [top]
◊ Sustain Lane: Open source networking for government officials; links to a list that ranks the U.S. City Sustainability, U.S. Mayos on Sustainability, top ten alternative fuled city fleets, top five U.S. cities for cleantech, more...
◊ Alternative Energies on Wikipedia: Although Wikipedia is a heavily debated resource, it lists an on-going discussion for the pros and cons of the variety of alternatives to our dependence on fossil fuels.
◊ Kyoto Protocol: The international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations.
◊ Energy Policy Act of 2005: The facts are debated on wikipedia
◊ Who Killed the Electric Car.Com
◊ Obscure Item Recycling
◊ US environmental policies
◊ Ecostats of USA
Organizations [top]
◊ MTU GEM Center: The Center for Science and Environmental Outreach
◊ Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education: A partnership of Copper Country & Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and Michigan Technological University.
◊ Keweenaw Land Trust.Org: A community partner dedicated to protecting the quality of life in the Keweenaw through land conservation
◊ Friends of the Land of Keweenaw: the story of a group of citizens that have united to meet that threat and to always protect the quality of the Keweenaw.
◊ North Woods Conservancy.Org: Dedicated to the preservation and enhancement
of natural areas for the benefit of native biological diversity,
science and education, and public enjoyment.
◊ Gratiot Lake Conservancy: mission is to conserve and protect Gratiot Lake and the land within the Gratiot Lake watershed.
◊ Great Lakes Information Network
◊ Great Lakes United
◊ Isle Royale Natural History Association: Now serving Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National
Historical Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
◊ Michigan Environmental Council: A collective voice for our environment
◊ Michigan Audubon Chapters
◊ NatureServe: A network connecting science with conservation
◊ Nature Conservancy: Protecting nature. Preserving life.
◊ Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
◊ Renewable Fuels Association: The national trade association for the U.S. ethanol industry. Promotes policies, regulations and research and development initiatives that will lead to the increased production and use of fuel ethanol.
◊ NextEnergy: Michigan’s alternative energy accelerator
◊ US Department of Energy
◊ Fuel Economy.Gov: A part of the US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
◊ Alternative Fuels Data Center: A part of the US Department of Energy, includes information for incentives and laws for every state.
Our National Forests of the U.P. [top]
◊ Hiawatha National Forest
◊ Ottawa National Forest
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