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Heat, pollution, and climate change anxiety are affecting children
-Hotter days make heat exhaustion a greater hazard for kids. Hotter days also can mean more ozone pollution and that leads to lung impairments. Unusual weather events, particularly storms that cause flooding, add stress to children’s lives.
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Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field
-As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Local organizations offer training for workers who want to expand their skills.
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To tackle climate change, Michigan enlists a ‘corps’ of volunteers
-To prepare local communities for climate change, Michigan and other states are borrowing from a long American tradition of civilian service programs. Meet the inaugural members of the MI Healthy Climate Corps.
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How much can wetland restoration reduce farm fertilizers getting into Lake Erie?
-Michigan has a program to restore a large wetland area to reduce fertilizer runoff from getting into Lake Erie because it feeds toxic cyanobacterial blooms that spread in the western basin.
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Heat Islands in the Great Lakes: Community, infrastructure and fresh water solutions
-Heat is becoming a threat in cities everywhere. Here is the second half of our two-part series which looks at the connection between heat and health, the role water plays, what’s being done, and where these cities have room to improve.
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Why some municipalities are looking at putting solar panels on water
-Floating solar panels are somewhat new in the U.S. In some places, the competition for land makes putting solar panel on plastic rafts feasible.
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Drugs, microplastics and forever chemicals: New contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes
-Scientists studying unregulated “emerging contaminants” say Ontario and the federal government need a coordinated plan to protect our water and health
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In warming Great Lakes region, water, heat can be an unhealthy combination
-From mosquitoes to sewer overflows, the heat and moisture of a changing climate are creating new health threats in the Great Lakes region, prompting a call to educate residents and doctors about the risks.
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Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?
-The pesticide DDT nearly wiped out North America’s bald eagles. Communities, scientists and politicians worked hard to bring this symbolic bird back from the brink.
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Wildfire Rampage Injures Lungs in the Great Lakes
-People are unprepared for smoke from forest fires worsened by intense drought and heat.