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Points North: The prince fish
-In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. What happened next would change the underwater world of Japan forever.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWill Energy From Manure Help or Harm Water Quality in Michigan?
-Chevron and two utilities are building big methane biodigesters on the state’s largest dairies.
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The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.
-The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
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Great Lakes Moment: Creating a green oasis in southwest Detroit
-Southwest Detroit has long been known for its heavy industry. In recent years, neighborhoods have teamed up with Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Detroit refinery to strengthen and revitalize these communities, including a plan to create some much-needed green space.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchSee a bear den? The Michigan DNR wants to know about it
-Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks the public to notify the agency if they spot a black bear den. It’s part of a program to place orphaned cubs with a mother bear.
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Book Review: Wisconsin author touches third rail of drinking water issues in new book
-Can wastewater recycled for drinking water survive the court of public opinion?
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Science Says What? Global worming and the Great Lakes (yes, you read that right)
-Invasion of the earthworms! It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie, but science can be stranger than fiction.
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Remaking Port Milwaukee into a Great Lakes trade hub
-Nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan on Jones Island, Milwaukee’s newly updated port is emerging as a potential force in the city’s economy.
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Michigan could implement ambitious clean energy mandates and have carbon-free electricity by 2040
-Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040.
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Waves of Change: Meet Executive Director Alicia Smith
-Waves of Change is a new online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
