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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat Michigan can do as global report details ‘closing window’ on climate
-Climate change is irreversibly damaging global ecosystems, economies and human health and wellbeing, according to a landmark report, and experts say Michigan won’t emerge unscathed.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake HuronLake MichiganLake St. ClairLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingSt. Clair RiverDNR announces fishing regulations for Michigan’s 2022 season
-The Michigan Department of Natural Resources this week announced most of the changes will go into effect April 1. Fishing licenses go on sale online March 1 and are valid for a year.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBillions Flow to Water Systems from Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
-Passed nearly a year ago, the American Rescue Plan Act is injecting needed funding into aging water and sewer infrastructure.
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Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRisky Drinking Water Pathogen Has Outsized Effect on Black Americans
-A new analysis shows that rising Legionnaires’ disease cases disproportionately affect Black Americans and people living in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationHabitat RestorationLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat Does Building Back Better Look Like?
-The United States has tentatively allocated $6-billion to conserve and restore coastal areas and prepare for a changing climate. We asked a range of experts how all that money should be spent.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsBreaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior
-Respect for water was as much a part of Phillip Solomon’s fishing education as sawing through thick winter ice. The Anishinaabe fisherman can see how rising temperatures are changing Gitchigumi and the fish his community relies on.
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Climate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLine 5’s impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision
-Line 5 sits on the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron. Advocates are worried about the risk of an oil spill in the lakes.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectNew report finds Enbridge Line 5 closure will cause little pain to Michigan
-Among the arguments used by Canadian energy giant Enbridge in support of its Line 5 pipeline that runs through Michigan is that, if it’s closed, there will be a significant impact on energy prices for consumers.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageGrand RapidsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsA Grand Rapids lake and the consequences of Michigan’s road salt addiction
-Meters beneath its vibrant surface, Church Lake is a dead zone — a chemical soup of phosphorus and road salt has left the water toxic and oxygen-deprived.
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Climate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinFour ways Great Lakes winters are changing as scientists search for clues
-The Great Lakes’ warming winters are well-known through Michigan, in part because declining ice cover is visible from the surface.
