More and more people want green or natural burial. They don’t want to be embalmed or encased in vaults. They want their bodies to return to and nourish the ea
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IRON MOUNTAIN Natural or “green” burials may be permitted in a portion of Iron Mountain Cemetery Park later this year, the city council learned Monday.
“Hopefully by summer we’ll have something ready to go,” City Manager Jordan Stanchina said during a Zoom meeting.
The city began exploring the idea after a community presentation in 2019 by the Keweenaw Green Burial Alliance. For a green burial, the body is not cremated nor infused with embalming chemicals that might get into the soil. It instead is placed in a biodegradable coffin or shroud and buried without a vault.
Though usually less expensive than a conventional burial, the option is available at just a handful of cemeteries across the U.P.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Michigan spent more than $136 million on masks, gloves and other protective gear during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to a nationwide Associated Press analysis of spending last spring, when states were racing against time and each other to protect essential workers. Michigan provided a list of 69 orders placed between late March and early May. The biggest expenditures were for face masks designed to filter out tiny particles from the air. The state also bought gowns, gloves, face shields, goggles and ventilators.
UNDATED (AP) An Associated Press analysis shows states spent more than $7 billion this spring buying personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and gowns as well as vital medical devices such as ventilators. The data obtained from states through open-records requests is the most comprehensive accounting to date of how much states were spending and whom they were paying