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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Five Things You Need to Know for Thursday, June 23, 2005

Can Technology Save the Planet? by futurist and science fiction writer Bruce Sterling is a thought-provoking article on how employing technology as a means to preserve and enhance life on our planet could change everything.

Canada Blasts Michigan, Ohio for Smog
Bloomberg Canada writes that a government report by the Canadian province of Ontario says that factories in Ohio, Michigan and other states are generating more than half its smog-causing pollutants. Air pollution from the U.S. contributes to more than 2,700 deaths in Ontario each year and generates C$5.2 billion ($4.2 billion) in health-care costs and environmental damage, the report said.

The Detroit Difference
The Elm Street Writers Group (a project of the Michigan Land Use Institute) has an engaging feature about the many distinctions that make Detroit and its suburbs so much different than anyplace else that is well worth a read.
Also see In Denver's Transit Breakthrough, A Lesson For Detroit

Poorer Districts Would Get Boost
The Associated Press (by way of the TC Record-Eagle) reports that school districts that would get less than $7,200 per student even with the additional $175 would get an extra $25 in the upcoming school year under a spending plan approved Wednesday night by the state House.

Michigan Retailers See Slight Improvement in May
According to the Michigan Retail Index, a joint project of the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 39% of retailers increased sales over May 2004 and 59% of retailers believe their sales will increase for June-August over the same period last year.
Michigan Retail Index

Michigan's Urban Animal Wave
The Detroit Free Press has a feature about Michigan's recent wave of urban animal encounters that includes theories as to why these animal sightings seem to be increasing. They missed the Marquette Moose!

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