By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press May 23--A yearlong study by students and researchers at the University of Michigan said the state could reduce greenhouse gases 12% while at the same time adding $380 million to the economy and creating 3,400 new jobs if it required more renewable energy.

By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press Apr. 9--Phil Myers still remembers the night in 1985 when he saw a possum crossing the path of his headlights near the tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. "I was absolutely thrilled," said Myers, who saw the animal while driving in Wilderness State Park.

The voice of science is being stifled in the Bush administration, with fewer scientists heard in policy discussions and money for research and advanced training being cut, according to panelists at a national science meeting.