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Perceived risk of oil spills under ice
Both residents of Michigan and decision- and policymakers tasked with water quality in northern Michigan are more concerned about a Line 5 spill occurring under ice than spill occurring in open water. Groups are split about the Line 5’s fate. Read more
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MSU awarded grant to study renewable energy adoption in Michigan
Go to for original story: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-awarded-grant-to-study-renewable-energy-adoption-in-michigan “Michigan State University (MSU) has been awarded close to $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year study of renewable energy options using a cross-disciplinary research approach in eight Michigan communities, including two Native American communities. The project, “Socio-Technological System Transitions: Michigan Community and Anishinaabe Renewable… Read more
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Improving decision making for carbon management initiatives
This paper by Victoria Campbell-Arvai, Lisa Kenney, Joe Arvai and I reviews five challenges faced during decision making about carbon management initiatives. The first of these challenges deals with behavioral and perceptual obstacles, which often leads to the introduction of systematic biases during decision making. The remaining four obstacles deal with the complexity associated with… Read more
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A helpful guide to our Organic Weed Control Decision-Making Tool
Other than my name being misspelled, this helpful DSF fact sheet introduces users to our weed management decision support tool. To check it out go to http://www.organicweedmanager.com or read our paper in Weed Science! Read more
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The Perceived Risk of Underwater Oil Pipelines and Spills Under Ice
Thought I’d make my slides from ERSS 2019 available here. ERSS_O7.6_Presentation_Bessette_v4 Read more
Doug Bessette, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
