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What Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder said – and didn’t say – about the environment and the Great Lakes in his 2017 State of the State address
-He didn’t say much about the health of the Great Lakes. And he didn’t address the Flint water crisis until…
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A new coalition of Midwest business leaders is formed to decommission Enbridge Oil Company’s massive pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac
-A new obstacle to the controversial twin oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac has just been created that aims…
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Transitioning to a New Economy
-The blue economy is a phrase used to describe economic activity in, on and around water. New Baltimore, Michigan is…
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Great Lakes Year in Review 2016
-By MARK BASHORE & GARY WILSON The Flint Water Crisis became a top story in 2016, but it wasn’t the…
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Ground Shifts for the Climate Change Community in a Trump Administration
-The nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, along with President-elect Trump’s contradictory statements…
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Maritime School Teaches Great Lakes Skills
-At the Maritime Academy of Toledo, students learn basics like math and English. They also take classes on boatbuilding. On…
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A Winter Walk in the Woods – Preserving our Forests and a Lumberjack’s Story
-It’s been an unusually mild fall so far, and winter still feels far away. But the snow will be here…
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Botulism Killing Birds on Lake Michigan
-Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is famous for its natural beauty. But on this November day, the beach is littered…
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Hold the Salt, Please: The Environmental Impact of Road Salt
-As winter approaches, we’ll soon see salt-spreading plow trucks on the roads. And Todd Walter, director of the New York State…
