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Michigan governor releases plan draft for carbon neutrality
-Michigan will build clean energy infrastructure and invest in green programs over the next 30 years with the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 to confront climate change, a draft of a state plan says.
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Environmental justice in spotlight as WH official departs
-The White House’s top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul policies that have historically hurt them.
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Breeze Boost: What’s the connection between breezy Lake Michigan days and high ozone levels?
-A multi-agency study of Lake Michigan ozone levels found that lake breezes impact the ozone levels of nearshore communities.
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Bugs, Shorter Winters, Climate: Great Lakes vineyards face changing circumstances
-Researchers around the region are looking to solve the many issues that Great Lakes vineyards are facing, many of which boil down to climate change and its impacts.
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Adapting to Climate Change Will Only Get More Expensive
-A new estimate puts the cost of adapting and repairing coastal infrastructure damaged by climate change in the United States at hundreds of billions annually. The sooner adaptation planning begins, the less expensive it will be.
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Minnesota lake ice shrinking as climate change warms winters
-Air pollution is resulting in warmer lake waters, which in turn leads to more toxic algal blooms in lakes, higher chances of invasive species and declines in populations of lake trout and walleye.
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You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation
-Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.
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Great Lakes temperatures unusually high, posing long-term threats
-The lakes’ temperatures have been higher than the long-term average since the summer and some even longer. Lake Superior for instance has been warmer than average for most of the year.
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Say Goodbye to Your National Parks Road Trips?
-Climate change is already shaking up the natural world, changing the timing of seasonal snow melts, flower blooms and animal migrations. Now a new study from researchers at Utah State University suggests that, not surprisingly, it will also change when people interact with those landscapes.