Sheri McWhirter
Climate Reporter at MLive
Newshound keen on outdoor & nerd stuff. Climate reporter @MLive & @KipProgram fellow. Past: @RecordEagle. She/her, settler on stolen Anishinaabek land.
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4 days ago |
mlive.com | Lucas Smolcic Larson |Sheri McWhirter
LANSING, MI – Consumers Energy wants to raise electric rates by $436 million, its largest ask in at least 20 years. The for-profit utility, Michigan’s second-largest power provider, kicked off the process of asking regulators permission for the hike on Monday, June 2 — the very first day this year it was legally able to under the law.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Sheri McWhirter
ARCADIA, MI – Thousands of acres of deep-woods habitats at Arcadia Dunes are now part of a nationwide network of current and future old-growth forests. The wooded areas at the C.S. Mott Nature Preserve in Benzie County this week became the latest place in Michigan to be inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network, which now includes more than 270 permanently protected forests nationwide.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Sheri McWhirter
GAYLORD, MI – No electricity. No heat. No running water. No phone signal. And no idea when the ordeal would end. Michigan utility regulators gathered this week in Gaylord to listen as residents from up north communities told their stories of hardship endured during the catastrophic ice storm in late March.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Sheri McWhirter
Michigan’s forests face increasing wildfire risks as climate change worsens conditions everywhere. MLive recently examined that threat and a somewhat paradoxical environmental solution: experts say more controlled burns are needed to prevent devastating wildfires. Related: Fighting wildfire with fire: Can Michigan burn its way to healthier forests? Related: More ‘good fire’ in Michigan restores Indigenous land practicesHere are five takeaways from the reporting project:1.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Sheri McWhirter
BLISS, MI – The word for fire in the Native language of Great Lakes Anishinaabe is “Ishkode.”Fire was a historically frequent and recurring element of the Michigan landscape before the era of fire suppression that followed European colonization. Native people burned habitats for a variety of reasons from blueberry production and insect control to pine regeneration and improved hunting grounds. Experts say the imperialistic notion of a North American wilderness untouched by people was simply wrong.
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