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Michigan will borrow $600M for Flint water settlement
-Under the bipartisan legislation, the loan from a state economic development fund would cost more than $1 billion to repay over 30 years — $35 million annually.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat should justice look like for Flint after the water crisis? Residents weigh in
-“It’s so horrible, so wide-ranging, and it affects everything,” one resident said. “There’s no way to put a dollar amount on it, for everyone to be whole again.”
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Field Tiles: Continued use and improvement of drainage systems pose problems for Lake Erie
-Settlers began draining the Great Black Swamp soon after they encountered it. The farmland that took its place has its own set of problems.
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Officials: Flint makes progress toward ending water crisis
-A total of $120 million in federal and state funding has helped Flint replace more than 9,700 lead service lines, said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5, which includes Michigan.
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Federal officials hear arguments on Enbridge pipeline tunnel
-Both sides in a multi-year battle over the future of Enbridge’s Line 5 faced off during an online public hearing before officials with the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Hundreds of boats likely destroyed in Michigan marina fire
-A fire Friday destroyed an enormous building loaded with hundreds of boats stored for the winter in southeastern Michigan.
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Minnesota regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline
-The Red Lake and White Earth Bands of Chippewa asked the independent Public Utilities Commission to stay its earlier approval of the project.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Indiana utilities plan for climate change, Waukesha pipeline construction begins
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton
-While the blighted buildings have been torn down, the controversy is not over as stakeholders debate over what to do with the cleared site.
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What’s next for the Enbridge Line 3 project in Minnesota? Construction. And protests.
-On Monday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency cleared the way for work to start on the pipeline project. Yet hurdles remain, including ongoing lawsuits and the threat of protests along the route.
