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AdvocacyAPFish, Birds and AnimalsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGroup: Feds hid plans to weaken whooping crane protection
-The Biden administration made secret plans to weaken protection for whooping cranes, and documents obtained through an open records request show officials “seem to have been deliberately misleading the public.”
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AdvocacyAPBudgetNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOhio legislation eases state regulation of some streams
-Construction companies, the mining industry and other business groups say removing so-called ephemeral streams from regulation would make Ohio’s practice consistent with federal law.
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AdvocacyBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesIllinois environmental justice bill would help residents prevent pollution
-Grassroots leaders of successful fights against coal plants and petcoke are taking the lead: “Communities must have a way to be involved in a permitting process that is really broken,” one said.
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AdvocacyClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeHistory and CultureInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBlack Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden
-Climate change, shifting populations, and infrastructure development in risky areas compound future flood loss risk.
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AdvocacyChicagoDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesSubstantive change will require a ‘massive culture shift’ in federal, state and local agencies
-In this Q&A with Great Lakes Environmental Law Center executive director Nick Leonard, he pushes regulators to focus on the possible, talks about the role MDHHS can play in environmental health, and more.
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AdvocacyBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCanada’s Maude Barlow chronicles 40 years of activism in new book, “Still Hopeful”
-With hope as her mantra, Barlow describes her obsession with water, her outreach to Detroit and the myth of water abundance.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEquity and Environmental JusticeNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEnvironmental justice in spotlight as WH official departs
-The White House’s top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul policies that have historically hurt them.
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AdvocacyAPIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectMinnesota Supreme Court to review drainage projects ruling
-The Minnesota Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will review a ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals that provided environmental protections for Renville County’s last free-flowing stream.
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AdvocacyAPHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience report: US should make less plastic to save oceans
-America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report.
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NY says no to voting reforms, yes to environmental right
-The environmental measure was one of five statewide ballot questions before New York voters Tuesday.
