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The Great Lakes lose out.. again
-Once again, Trump wants to slash funding to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. This time, rather than zeroing it out, he proposes a 90 percent cut: from $300 million to $30 million.
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Drinking water quality on the line with new Farm Bill
-“The largest land, water and wildlife conservation program for private land owners in the nation” Its formal name is the…
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It’s Pigs versus Pure Michigan
-The push and pull between Michigan’s growing agriculture industry and the need to protect drinking water, beach recreation and tourism continues to play out, evidenced by a request to establish a factory pig farm a few miles from Lake Michigan.
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Plastic plagues the Great Lakes
-“22 million pounds of plastic flow to the Great Lakes each year”
Chicago’s early January temperatures don’t make for beach-going, but beaches free of plastic litter were recently top of mind for Illinois Great Lakes advocates. -
