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Foreclosures create opportunity for Habitat for Humanity

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Credit Rebecca Williams / Michigan Radio's The Environment Report

House leader Steve Denman helps Kallista Walker build a knee wall in the attic of this house. Walker is putting in part of her 300 hours of sweat equity so she can qualify for a house of her own.

Credit Rebecca Williams / Michigan Radio's The Environment Report

Habitat for Humanity says fixing up foreclosed houses is cheaper than building new.

Credit Rebecca Williams / Michigan Radio's The Environment Report

Volunteers saw wood for the knee wall that will hold insulation.

Credit Rebecca Williams / Michigan Radio's The Environment Report

Volunteers build the knee wall in the attic. They say the new homeowner will have an efficient house and be able to afford the bills.

Google map of foreclosures in southern Michigan

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There are plenty of foreclosures in Michigan to work with (link to map in story).

By Mark Brush

Habitat for Humanity says it's saving money by fixing up foreclosure in Michigan, rather than building new. The Environment Report's Rebecca Williams visited volunteers working on rehabbing a house in Ypsilanti Township. Megan Rogers with Habitat says rehabbing foreclosures costs about 1/3 less than building new, but it can be a bit more challenging:

12:15 pm

Tue September 28, 2010

Companies look deep under Michigan for energy and profits

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A gas drilling rig in Appalachia.

By Mark Brush

What a fracking week on Michigan Radio!

Lester Graham of Michigan Watch and Rebecca Williams from the Environment Report are bringing us a series of reports on what might be a big part of Michigan's future: energy companies moving in and using a practice called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to get at gas deposits buried deep under Michigan.

Just how interested are energy companies in these gas deposits? Graham reports

11:41 am

Wed September 22, 2010

This little piggy went wild

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The Wild Boar is an ancestor of the domestic pig. They're not native to the U.S.

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Russian boars at Harvey Haney's farm in Linwood, Michigan.

Credit Peter Payette

Michigan wildlife officials say these boars can escape, breed, and upset the balance in an ecosystem.

By Mark Brush

Peter Payette from Interlochen Public Radio filed a report on wild pigs with the Environment Report this week.

Pigs and boars can escape from farms and game ranches and cause problems in an ecosystem. The problem is especially bad in southern states.

Check out this video about the problem in Texas:

4:40 pm

Wed September 15, 2010

Top federal pipeline official skips hearing on Michigan oil spill

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A map of pipelines crisscrossing the United States. Leaks, spills and explosions have lead to a call for more regulation.

By Mark Brush

Congress held hearings today on the Enbridge oil spill in Michigan. Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody reports that one top official was conspicuously abset from the hearings. Cynthia Quarterman recused herself from the oil spill hearings, because she used to work for Enbridge Energy Partners.

12:39 pm

Wed September 15, 2010

Leaking and exploding pipelines bad for business

Workers fixing Enbridge oil pipeline near Marshall, Michigan

Credit USEPA Region 5

The 6B oil pipeline near Marshall, Michigan. Workers have repaired the pipeline that spilled close to a million gallons of crude oil. Enbridge Energy Partners, the company that owns the pipeline, is waiting to get the o.k. from the government to ...

By Mark Brush

The last few weeks have not been good for pipeline companies. Coming off a summer that included the mother of all oil spills you had...

5:34 pm

Thu September 2, 2010

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Mon August 30, 2010

Repaired oil pipeline undergoes test today

Great blue heron covered in oil from the 2010 Enbridge oil spill near Marshall, Michigan.

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Great blue heron covered in oil from Enbridge oil spill near Kalamazoo, Michigan

By Mark Brush

Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody reports "an oil pipeline that broke near Marshall last month is undergoing a critical pressure test today. Enbridge Energy is flooding the pipeline with water to see if it can withstand the pressure."

If it works, and government inspectors say it's o.k., the pipeline will be restarted.

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