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It's Climate Solutions Week!

By Max Copeland,
Izzy Ross
Published September 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT
Lindsey Walker holds a handful of finished compost at the Emmet County Waste Transfer Station. Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News)
Izzy Ross
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Interlochen Public Radio
Lindsey Walker holds a handful of finished compost at the Emmet County Waste Transfer Station. Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News)

It’s Climate Solutions Week and boy do we have some problems. We’ll find out how to get a tax break on your used electric car. And we’ll check out a composting operation in Emmet County that some are calling a model for other local programs.

Stories featured in this episode:

I bought a used EV in 2023. I still haven't gotten my tax credit.

The S.S. Badger, the country’s last coal-powered steamship, could go clean

Digging into composting in northern Michigan's Emmet County

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Manistee celebrates mentorship with statues of James Earl Jones and his teacher

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Max Copeland
Max Copeland is the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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Izzy Ross
Izzy covers climate change for communities in northern Michigan and around the Great Lakes for IPR through a partnership with Grist.org.
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