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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States
Big greenhouse gas state taking biggest climate step yet
-One lawsuit is already challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulation and more are expected.
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APDrinking WaterEarth WeekEquity and Environmental JusticeNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWisconsin
Evers creates new office of environmental justice
-Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed an executive order creating a new office of environmental justice, announcing the move on Earth Day.
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APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
EXPLAINER: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?
-As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing flooding, droughts and other costly catastrophes.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research
Cleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eagles
-For Earth Day, The Associated Press asked more than 25 environmental scientists and policy experts to share their top stories about environmental problems that the world fixed.
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APBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Gov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to say the state will support a “compelling” application to the program and she intends to do everything she can to keep the plant open.
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AdvocacyAPIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Minnesota Supreme Court to hear challenge in PolyMet case
-The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine.
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APClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWho We Are and What We Do
Energy shift creates opening for ‘world’s largest batteries’
-The hydropower industry considers pumped storage the best answer to a question hovering over the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy to address climate change: where to get power when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
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AdvocacyAPDetroitGrand RapidsInfrastructureMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, Research
Report: Michigan increases recycling by 35.4% in 3 years
-Michigan has reached a 19.3% recycling rate, an increase of 35.4% from prior to 2019, according to an analysis the state of Michigan released ahead of Earth Day.
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APGroundwater ContaminationNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
DNR restarts effort to set bacteria standards in groundwater
-The state Department of Natural Resources has restarted efforts to set standards for bacteria in groundwater after conservatives on the agency’s policy board killed the attempt in February.
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AdvocacyAPFish, Birds and AnimalsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Group: Feds hid plans to weaken whooping crane protection
-The Biden administration made secret plans to weaken protection for whooping cranes, and documents obtained through an open records request show officials “seem to have been deliberately misleading the public.”