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Enbridge: Line 3 replacement complete; oil will flow Friday
-The project was completed despite stiff opposition from tribes, environmentalists and others who argued that the 1,097-mile pipeline would violate treaty rights, worsen climate change and risk spills.
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Whitmer signs bills to complete budget, hails bipartisanship
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed off on $55 billion in spending to complete the state budget.
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US Steel: Plant’s orange plume had elevated iron levels
-U.S. Steel says a northwestern Indiana plant’s discharge of elevated levels of iron were the cause of an orange plume that entered a Lake Michigan tributary, prompting the closure of several nearby beaches and a water treatment facility.
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US Steel shuts down Indiana plant after wastewater discharge
-U.S. Steel temporarily halts operations at a northwest Indiana plant Monday after it leaked an orange substance into a Lake Michigan tributary. Indiana Dunes National Park beaches were also closed.
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Michigan sending water, filters to Benton Harbor due to lead
-Michigan EGLE will provide bottled water and go door-to-door to ensure proper installation of faucet filters, according to a spokesperson.
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Long-duration storm drops 1-4 inches of rain on Detroit area
-The long duration of the storm helped the area avoid levels of flooding that submerged thousands of basements, dozens of streets and even freeways this summer.
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6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt
-Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin on Tuesday to try to stop its planned gray wolf hunt in November, asserting that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an animal they consider sacred.
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DNR: Virus behind deaths of common carp on Detroit-area lake
-A virus is being blamed on the deaths of between 300 and 600 mostly adult common carp this summer in a Detroit-area lake.
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Enbridge ordered to pay $3M for Line 3 groundwater leak
-The state Department of Natural Resources said Enbridge, while working near Clearbrook in January, dug too deeply into the ground and pierced an artesian aquifer, which resulted in a 24 million gallon groundwater leak.
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US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initial determination that the region’s wolves could again be in peril — after decades spent restoring them — will kick off a year-long biological review.