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Frozen: Pressure mounts for a new Great Lakes icebreaker, but will Congress pay for it?
-Senators, shippers and industries are pushing for another Great Lakes icebreaker but federal funding might prove a barrier.
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Accessible Beaches: Track wheelchairs increase access for disabled beachgoers
-Great Lakes beaches are becoming more accessible vacation destinations for visitors with the addition of options like track wheelchairs and beach mats.
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Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back to the Great Lakes
-Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
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Five Midwestern governors push presidential candidates to aid Great Lakes
-Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups.
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The Right to Mine: Michigan grants Canadian mining company permits while Wisconsin Menominee tribe fights those permits in court
-The Wisconsin Menominee tribe has been fighting Canadian mining company Aquila Resources’ attempts to establish a gold and zinc sulfide mine along the Menominee River.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: “Michigan has to lead on Great Lakes issues”
-Great Lakes Now recently interviewed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at a meeting of Great Lakes governors and Canadian premiers in Milwaukee.
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Animal Culprit: Study Points to Animal Farms as Growing Contributors to Lake Erie Algae
-A recent study is claiming that animal farms in the Maumee watershed are a growing contributor to Lake Erie’s algal bloom problem.
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Paying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
-For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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Detroit Port Seeks Partners and Funding
-Aimed at drawing in more investment and federal grant money for infrastructure and expansion, the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority is launching its “Port Forward” initiative.
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From Bridge Magazine: Michigan Republicans kill Gov. Whitmer’s environmental overhaul plan
-The Republican-controlled Legislature killed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reorganize Michigan’s environmental agency. It’s only the second time that has happened since 1963.
