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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesMichigan is spending big on infrastructure. Its problems are even bigger.
-Michigan officials are celebrating a “historic” deal that will pump nearly $3 billion into aging infrastructure, but advocates say the state should be spending that much — or more — every year to adequately address decades of disinvestment.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsPFAS is a widespread problem. The solution needs to come from widespread sources
-In this Q&A, the director of MSU’s Center for PFAS Research Cheryl Murphy discusses the state of PFAS research currently, and why the U.S. and Canada should work together.
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Feature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismWaterfront DevelopmentLakeside Gentrification: Waterfront properties and water access grow steadily further out of reach
-The bottom-line budget for a vacation by the lakes is shooting higher, as local vacation homes and restaurants are replaced by mansions and condominiums.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismTribal Governments and First NationsWisconsin‘We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood’: Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy
-Wisconsin tribes contemplate future beyond gaming after pandemic shows risk of overreliance on casinos.
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APClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesPennsylvania court blocks governor’s carbon emissions plan
-A Pennsylvania court blocked the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, the latest challenge to the effort to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEasier Ride for Fossils, But $9.1B in Climate Funding as Ottawa Releases 2030 Plan
-The fossil and transportation sectors get a relatively free ride and electricity producers do the most to decarbonize in the much-anticipated 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan that was recently released.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMichiganMinnesotaOhioOntarioPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFRESH: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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APBudgetClimate ChangeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS taps $420M to boost water supplies hit by climate change
-Federal officials slated millions of dollars for rural water projects in several states, with the Biden administration looking to shore up infrastructure needs made more urgent by long-term drought conditions.
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AdvocacyBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesIllinois environmental justice bill would help residents prevent pollution
-Grassroots leaders of successful fights against coal plants and petcoke are taking the lead: “Communities must have a way to be involved in a permitting process that is really broken,” one said.
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CollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota bill aims to close a gap on funding for ‘pre-weatherization’ work
-A suburban state lawmaker’s bill would supplement federal weatherization funding over the next three years, nearly doubling the money available and providing crucial flexibility to cover “pre-weatherization” work.
