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Can wastewater recycled for drinking water survive the court of public opinion?
The ruling puts Enbridge Energy a step closer to tunnel construction despite opposition from environmental and Native American groups and Democratic officials.
The Grand Valley State University documentary was screened at the Dennos Theater in Traverse City on Nov. 30.
Invasion of the earthworms! It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie, but science can be stranger than fiction.
The Buffalo River’s 450-square-mile watershed is a source of much plastic pollution, and officials say the vast majority of that pollution consists of single-use containers and packaging.
Nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan on Jones Island, Milwaukee’s newly updated port is emerging as a potential force in the city’s economy.
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Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040.