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Applications to protect lakefront properties triple in year of high water
-The department granted 2,284 permits in the year ending September 30, compared to 730 permits the previous year.
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Minnesota regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline
-The Red Lake and White Earth Bands of Chippewa asked the independent Public Utilities Commission to stay its earlier approval of the project.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Indiana utilities plan for climate change, Waukesha pipeline construction begins
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton
-While the blighted buildings have been torn down, the controversy is not over as stakeholders debate over what to do with the cleared site.
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What’s next for the Enbridge Line 3 project in Minnesota? Construction. And protests.
-On Monday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency cleared the way for work to start on the pipeline project. Yet hurdles remain, including ongoing lawsuits and the threat of protests along the route.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGrant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program
-The expanded program, which has been running as a pilot since spring, will test untreated sewage in some Detroit zip codes.
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Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota
-Spokeswoman Juli Kellner said Enbridge began construction in several locations around the state Tuesday morning.
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Minnesota gives final green light to disputed oil pipeline
-Minnesota regulators approved the final permit Monday for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement.
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Drinking WaterGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater WithdrawalsDismissed: Michigan advocates outraged by state’s bottled water decision
-After two years, the groups were told by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy that they filed the contested case with the wrong agency.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Events and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Watching the Waters
-Commissioner Rob Sisson from the IJC, Kelly House from Bridge Michigan and Harvey Bootsma from the School of Freshwater Sciences at the UWM answer questions from the audience and explain why climate change will be THE story of the Great Lakes in coming years.
