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Carbon-Free Energy by 2040, Native Seeds, Bats

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Environment Report

Michigan will require utility providers to be carbon-free by 2040, landscape enhancement and restoration efforts are underway at area nature reserves, and learn about building bat houses.

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Our Universe

The Local Group

We live in the Milky Way galaxy, a member of a collection of around 80 galaxies known as the Local Group.

Backyard Astronomer

5/5/25 - Waxing Gibbous Moon

All this week, the phase of the moon grows larger and brighter as it moves from first quarter toward full. We call this period the “waxing gibbous moon” as the oval shape becomes wider and more rounded.

Environment Report

All Scraps: Food and Tires

A Detroit nonprofit called Make Food Not Waste has an initiative to cut Michigan’s food waste in half by 2030. There’s a Give a Scrap Food Scrap Pickup Service available in Bay City, Saginaw and Birch Run.

Hidden History

Victorian-Era Baby Carriage

The story behind a wicker baby carriage that dates back to the late 1800s.