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Equity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismTourismWaves of ChangeWaves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl
-This month, we spoke with Tom Grotewohl, a resident of Wakefield Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and founder of the Protect the Porkies campaign.
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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsHe’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
-The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA.
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AdvocacyAuthorsChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchCan environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
-To gain a better understanding of how environmental law has evolved, Great Lakes Now spoke with three environmental law attorneys.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments4 things to know about a youth-led court case against Ontario’s climate plans
-Ontario’s highest court says seven youth have a right to challenge the province in cutting its emissions targets.
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Climate ChangeEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsTrump Wins, Planet Loses
-With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinPublic hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining
-In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.
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Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsLeadMilwaukeeNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin communities receive $273M for drinking water projects
-State awards financial aid to 86 communities for projects to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismTourismWaves of ChangeWaves of Change: Meet Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary founder Rebeka Ndosi
-Rebeka Ndosi — founder of Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary — is a healer, teacher, public speaker and community coach.
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AdvocacyDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court to hear case with broad implications for PFAS cleanup
-The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndianaLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice25 years after a major toxic lead cleanup, westside neighbors still don’t feel safe
-Residents want more soil testing to prevent future harm from contamination that’s plagued their neighborhood for decades.
