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Points North: Olympic Dream Takes a U.P. Village
-When U.P. snowboarder Nick Baumgartner lost in a qualifying round at the 2022 Olympics, he broke down. It was his fourth Olympics, he’d never medaled, and he might not get another shot. But then he got some news.
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Feature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinEfforts to thwart regulation of PFAS polluters move down parallel tracks
-A divided Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that limited the DNR’s ability to regulate PFAS and other contaminants. The case is one of two efforts to weaken the spills law.
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AgricultureClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinThe Northwoods is now a month into unusually early maple tapping season
-Maple sap typically runs from mid-March to mid-April in Wisconsin. This year, the tapping process started almost a month ago.
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Lake Superior is warming fast. Its national parks are starting work to cut fossil fuels
-As national parks around the country try to raise awareness about climate change, those around Lake Superior are taking steps to get cut their emissions.
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AgricultureCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPennsylvaniaScience, Technology, ResearchPennsylvania farmers convicted of poisoning over two dozen migratory birds
-Two Pennsylvania farmers have been found guilty of poisoning over two dozen migratory birds with a restricted substance. Many species of birds are declining in North America and many are at risk of extinction, Macdonald said.
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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
-Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season’s planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsTribes urge U.S. to weigh in on Line 5 case as appeal sits in court
-Tribes across the Great Lakes are asking the federal government to weigh in on a case in the Bad River Band Reservation.
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Is the USDA’s spending on ‘climate-smart’ farming actually helping the climate?
-A new report asks whether supposedly green livestock practices have proven benefits.
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Energy News Roundup: Chicago organization to build geothermal heating and cooling in south side alleys
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Three Great Lakes commissions announce partnership to advance restoration
-First-of-its-kind agreement takes aim at leading threats to Great Lakes region.
