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4:32 Michigan Radio's Lester Graham and Bridge Michigan's Kelly House explain the economics behind Enbridge Energy's Line 5 tunnel proposal. In the decade since Line 5 emerged as an issue of statewide concern, a debate about the pipeline's future that began with concerns about an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac has morphed to include broad questions about how oil pipelines fit into the global energy transition. Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) grew...

Hug a Bus: How Cities Are Tackling Climate Change, with David Miller Date TRPhotos / Shutterstock In this episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with David Miller, director of international diplomacy at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and former mayor of Toronto. Miller elaborates on his recent book, Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, and describes why he thinks city governments are uniquely positioned to respond to climate challenges and transition to a clean energy future. Miller provides examples of innovations that have been spearheaded by cities aro...

David Miller describes how mayors can adeptly address climate change and explores sustainable innovations that are already being deployed in cities.

<figcaption> Brackish water flows from an unplugged abandoned well outside of Imperial in Pecos County. Texas reported more than 6,000 documented "orphan" oil wells in 2019, almost all on private land, but some experts believe that's an underestimate. <cite>Credit: Rafael Aguilera for The Texas Tribune</cite> </figcaption>

Some areas of Texas could benefit from Biden’s federal directive to accelerate cleanups of legacy oil and gas, mining and hazardous waste contamination.