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Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
-Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters.
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For clean energy in the Great Lakes region, 2025 is off to an uneasy start
-More energy news with updates on the Palisades nuclear plant, and a letter penned by executives at several Great Lakes power companies asks the EPA to loosen regulations on coal ash.
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Neighbors worry development would raze urban forest
-A proposed development in Indianapolis threatens to upend life for residents and the wildlife that call those thickets home by cutting down about 13 acres of trees in order to build 43 upscale houses.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBlue Tech challenge aims at gathering business solutions to Great Lakes problems
-Northwestern Michigan College officials say the challenge is essentially a pitch competition for those working on environmental and infrastructure issues facing the region.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Protecting the protectors
-Learn about Ojibwe culture’s deep connection to the bizhiw, or lynx, an important animal relative in the clan system, while exploring efforts by wildlife biologists to monitor and protect these animals.
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More goose poop, more problems
-Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.
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AuthorsConnectFeature HomepageHabitat RestorationInvasive SpeciesJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Rouge River oxbow enhances education at The Henry Ford
-The oxbow’s natural shoreline along the Rouge River, once eliminated for flood control, has been restored and transformed into a vital ecological and educational resource at The Henry Ford.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWaves of ChangeWaves of Change: Meet JustAir Co-Founder and CEO Darren Riley
-JustAir is a Detroit-based organization whose mission is to use data, technology and analysis to protect the 20,000 breaths each person takes every day.
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Latest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPoints North: A Sticky Solution for Microplastics
-Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of discovering a new method to capture and remove microplastics from water.
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Gone a century, Arctic grayling return soon to Michigan. Can they survive?
-After years of preparation, state officials have identified three river systems where they’ll reintroduce Arctic grayling to Michigan.
