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APFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudy: Toxic PFAS chemical plume detected in Green Bay
-Toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay.
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APBudgetFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake HuronLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectShipping and PortsSt. Mary's RiverU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBiden’s signature advances major projects in water bill
-Biden signed a bill that directs the Army Corps of Engineers on infrastructure projects to protect against storms worsened by climate change.
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APChicagoClimate ChangeDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsExtinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in cities
-Animal and plant species are dying off at an alarming rate. Their plight is stirring calls for “rewilding” places where they thrived until driven out by development, pollution and climate change.
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APFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio
-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the communities will test for polio in sewage for at least four months.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioWisconsinJudge orders Enbridge, tribe to form emergency pipeline plan
-Sierra Club Wisconsin Director Elizabeth Ward said she’s glad that Conley recognized the tribe’s concerns about a potential spill.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMine opponents to ask Minnesota Supreme Court to void permit
-The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments on an attempt by environmental groups to cancel a key permit for a long-stalled copper-nickel mine.
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APBudgetEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesNo federal aid to restart Michigan nuclear power plant
-The federal government has turned down a request for financial aid to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, the owner said.
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AdvocacyAPEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA orders Ohio power plant to stop dumping toxic coal ash
-At least five other plants, most in the Midwest, face similar action by the EPA under a crackdown proposed in January.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPennsylvaniaAfter years of construction, Shell ethane cracker starts up
-A massive petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania fed by the vast natural gas reservoir underneath Appalachia became fully operational.
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5 deaths at NYC nursing home blamed on Legionnaires’ disease
-Five people died of Legionnaires’ disease at a nursing home that had been cited repeatedly for improper maintenance of the cooling towers where the Legionella bacteria can spread.
