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EPA gives $3.7M to protect endangered Lake Superior’s Buffalo Reef
-The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has awarded $3.7 million to efforts to restore the Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior. The money is going toward a dredging operation.
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Democrats step on shaky political ground with fracking bans
-An all-out prohibition on fracking— backed by Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — has been well received by the liberal and climate-focused voters closely watching the primary. But the proposal also threatens to antagonize unions and voters in areas like Pennsylvania that depend on oil and gas for jobs.
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Michigan wolf captured, flown to Isle Royale
-The second year of the National Park Service’s wolf relocation project has kicked off with the transfer of a wolf from Michigan’s mainland to Isle Royale.
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Lake Superior lighthouse sold to tech exec for $159K
-The U.S. General Services Administration has brought in around $7.5 million from selling historic lighthouses over the past two decades.
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Crews doing final cleanup work on Michigan UP’s Manistique River
-More than 2,000 dump truck loads of sediment are being removed from the Manistique River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which was contaminated with industrial waste during the last century.
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Pool crew leaves behind trail of blue on Lake Erie cliff
-Police say a crew coating a swimming pool near Cleveland got caught ‘blue-handed’ dumping waste over a cliff into a river.
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Aid offered for homeowners affected by Lake Ontario flooding
-In the month of October, New York homeowners impacted by Lake Ontario flooding can apply for up to $50,000 in aid to repair damage.
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Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water
-Environmentalists and researchers are claiming Great Lakes-exclusive freighters are helping spread invasive species around the lakes, and new ballast water regulations are being determined, while industry groups argue that the research needs more work.
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Wisconsin Gov. Evers issues order to curb PFAS contamination
-Under an executive order from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, the Wisconsin DNR and Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have to create a website on the chemicals known as PFAS, collaborate with municipalities and wastewater treatment plants to identify PFAS sources and consider PFAS when developing fish and wildlife consumption advisories.
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Weather service warns people to stay out of Lake Michigan
-The National Weather Service on Monday issued a Beach Hazard statement for the fifth straight day in Cook County and to the north in Lake County.