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Judge rejects challenge to tougher Michigan lead rule
-A judge has rejected the last challenge to a rule that could cause the billion-dollar replacement of 500,000 lead water pipes in Michigan.
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Lawsuit: Great Lakes regulatory commission must pay NY flooding costs
-New York is seeking compensation for flood damage in Lake Ontario shoreline communities in a lawsuit against the international body that regulates waterways between the United States and Canada, the International Joint Commission.
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17 states sue feds over Endangered Species Act rules
-Seventeen states, including Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania, sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block rules weakening the Endangered Species Act, saying the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of a global extinction crisis.
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Pipeline rules adopted years after deadly explosion, spills
-New rules from the Department of Transportation were adopted Tuesday to prevent pipeline spills and deadly gas explosions but don’t address recommended steps to lessen accidents once they occur.
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Water certification denied for Line 3; re-filing expected
-Minnesota pollution regulators have denied a water quality certification for Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 upgrade.
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History buff finds ships that sank in 1878 in Lake Michigan
-A diver and maritime history buff has found two schooners that collided and sank into the cold depths of northern Lake Michigan more than 140 years ago.
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Chicago installs lakefront barriers to shield against flood damage
-Chicago officials say crews will install hundreds of yards of barriers along Lake Michigan to guard against flood damage from storms in the fall and winter.
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Concerns grow over PFAS-tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands
-For decades, sewage sludge from thousands of wastewater treatment plants has been used nationwide as cropland fertilizer. But while the sludge offers farmers a cheap source of fertilizer, there long have been concerns about contaminants in the material — and attention of late has turned to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule
-The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights.