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Extinctions, 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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US 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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Judge 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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Mine 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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No 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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EPA 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 NewsNewsPennsylvania
After 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.
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Detroit church to remember sailors lost on the Great Lakes
-Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.
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Indiana governor traveling to UN climate summit in Egypt
-Indiana’s governor is planning his fifth overseas trip of the year, this time to attend a U.N. climate conference in Egypt.