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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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Raising Fish: An inside look at how one hatchery is helping to restore native Great Lakes species
-Raising lake sturgeon, walleye and whitefish requires knowledge of biology, engineering, physics, mathematics and a stomach impervious to strong fish smells.
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Congresswomen urge Biden to stop pipeline in Minnesota visit
-A group of Democratic representatives called on Biden to revoke a federal water quality permit and stop the project, as the president did with the Keystone XL pipeline the day he took office.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk
-State agencies insist — though scientists and indigenous leaders furiously disagree — that waterways won’t be affected.
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Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol to seek a stop
-The rally, part of a series of events called Treaties over Tar Sands organized by Indigenous and environmental activists, called on Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden to pull permits and shut down the Line 3 replacement pipeline project.
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Minnesota Supreme Court delivers blow to Line 3 opponents
-The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline, letting stand a key decision by independent regulators to allow construction on the project to proceed.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada commits $340 million to Indigenous protected areas, guardians programs
-The Canadian federal government announced it will provide funding over the next five years to support Indigenous-led stewardship of lands and waters under its $2.3 billion commitment to nature conservation.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyGrayling Revival: Researchers hope to reintroduce a once-abundant native fish
-Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative, a grassroots collaboration between the Michigan DNR, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and 45 regional partners, aims to restore populations of the little native fish.
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ClevelandDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFlintForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPFASRachel DuckettWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDrinking Water Roundup: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Canada reaches $8 billion settlement with First Nations
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