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Public 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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Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations
-Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.
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Up to 3.2M in Michigan may be getting water from PFAS-tainted aquifers
-With lots of domestic well users and plenty of polluting industries, Michiganders are among the nation’s most likely to have ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water, according to a landmark federal study.
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A Foraged Great Lakes Woodland Chai Tea
-As the season shifts and the air chills, the warmth and sustenance that the wild foods of fall offer become evermore appealing, among these appealing concoctions is Woodland Chai Tea.
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Spooky Lake Superior: The SS Kamloops
-Just in time for Halloween, learn about the SS Kamloops — an eerie story about a shipwreck in Lake Superior, and “Old Whitey” who seems to follow divers around the wreck.
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Points North: The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was
-In 1998, a hunter named Mitch Rompola claimed he’d shot the biggest whitetail in North America. It was all over the news, but instead of becoming a famous hunter, he became an infamous one.
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Michigan a top winner of climate funds Trump wants to revoke
-If elected, Trump has vowed to revoke unspent funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate spending law that has heavily benefitted Michigan governments and industry. But experts say it wouldn’t be easy.
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Federal aid to rescue Michigan cherry farmers after devastating crop loss
-Federal aid is coming to Michigan’s sweet cherry farmers, who lost much of their crops this year due to erratic weather patterns and subsequent pest infestations.
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