This week, read about how to deal with leaves, tribal clean energy grants, and pumpkin composting





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MI Environment Fall Scenery at Lake Superior in AuTrain, Michigan

"MI Environment Digest - November 1, 2024"

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Compost your jack-o’-lanterns or drop them off at pumpkin plops, chucks, and other collection events in Michigan [ [link removed] ]

"November 1, 2024"

Increasingly, Michigan municipalities and others are offering ways to dispose of jack-o’-lanterns and whole pumpkins so they don’t end up in a landfill.

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A pumpkin loaded in a catapult at a park in Grand Ledge. Courtesy Eaton Co. Parks & Rec.

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Tribes in Michigan receive $38 million from the Biden-Harris administration to take climate action, implement community-driven clean energy projects [ [link removed] ]

"October 30, 2024"

Tribes will install solar arrays, improve energy efficiency, upgrade housing, and more.

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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Leaving the leaves: No-rake approach to fall has environmental benefits [ [link removed] ]

"October 29, 2024"

The no-rake option to dealing with autumn leaves is gaining ground.

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Autumn leaves on a lawn.

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