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BudgetDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIan WendrowIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResourceThe StatesThe Right to Mine: Michigan grants Canadian mining company permits while Wisconsin Menominee tribe fights those permits in court
-The Wisconsin Menominee tribe has been fighting Canadian mining company Aquila Resources’ attempts to establish a gold and zinc sulfide mine along the Menominee River.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsIJNR Snapshots: Septic systems pose an environmental and economic dilemma for rural residents
-With the need for a new sewer system to protect the lake and the expense of such a system, some Tippecanoe Lake residents are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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AuthorsDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintInfrastructureMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIJNR Snapshots: The human and environmental costs of emergency management in Detroit and Flint
-When residents in Detroit and Flint started to suffer consequences from choices made under emergency management, their attempts to address those concerns were often ignored. GLN News Director Natasha Blakely learned more while on a fellowship with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. Read her reports.
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AdvocacyAuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyProtectResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsSustainable Brands Day 4: It ended with a dance performance
-On the final day of the Sustainable Brands 2019 conference, discussions on policy, water challenges and advocacy continued.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeNatasha BlakelyNewsProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchSustainable Brands Day 3: Changing behaviors, Forever Chemicals and renewable energy
-On day three of the Sustainable Brands conference, Great Lakes Now screened its PFAS documentary before an audience Q&A.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingDetroitDetroit RiverJohn HartigNewsPlayRecreation and TourismResourceTourismGreat Lakes Moment: Detroit’s New Waterfront Porch
-For well over a century Detroit was an industrial town and had a working riverfront that supported industry and commerce. However, times had changed.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonNewsRecreation and TourismResourceScience, Technology, ResearchAnchor Awareness: Michigan Gov. Whitmer issues emergency order after video of Line 5 damage is released
-Whitmer also wrote to the U.S. Coast Guard requesting that it create a rule similar to Michigan’s on anchor dragging to cover foreign ships.
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Report: Warming climate will challenge Great Lakes states
-Climate change is impacting temperature increases in the Great Lakes region faster than in neighboring and the contiguous 48 states. That’s the conclusion of a report released last week by a collaboration of scientists and policy specialists in the U.S. and Canada.
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Great Lakes Moment: Detroit Garden Center Leading by Example
-A recent article published by the prestigious National Academy of Sciences concluded what Detroit Garden Center had long known – that small patches of habitat are important to protecting biodiversity or the variety of life on Earth.
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Blue EconomyClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResourceThe StatesFrom Bridge Magazine: Michigan Republicans kill Gov. Whitmer’s environmental overhaul plan
-The Republican-controlled Legislature killed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reorganize Michigan’s environmental agency. It’s only the second time that has happened since 1963.
