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Michigan is spending big on infrastructure. Its problems are even bigger.
-Michigan officials are celebrating a “historic” deal that will pump nearly $3 billion into aging infrastructure, but advocates say the state should be spending that much — or more — every year to adequately address decades of disinvestment.
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The Catch: Benton Harbor’s lead pipes and the plan to replace them
-Reporter Leonard Fleming at The Detroit News has been covering the story, and he joins Great Lakes Now for this segment to further explain the issues and impact in the west Michigan city.
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Inflation Weighs On U.S. Water Utilities
-Water leaders worry that rising prices — for everything from lead pipe replacements to treatment plant repairs — will cause a historic federal infrastructure investment to fall short of lofty expectations.
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Easier Ride for Fossils, But $9.1B in Climate Funding as Ottawa Releases 2030 Plan
-The fossil and transportation sectors get a relatively free ride and electricity producers do the most to decarbonize in the much-anticipated 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan that was recently released.
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FRESH: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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US taps $420M to boost water supplies hit by climate change
-Federal officials slated millions of dollars for rural water projects in several states, with the Biden administration looking to shore up infrastructure needs made more urgent by long-term drought conditions.
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Minnesota bill aims to close a gap on funding for ‘pre-weatherization’ work
-A suburban state lawmaker’s bill would supplement federal weatherization funding over the next three years, nearly doubling the money available and providing crucial flexibility to cover “pre-weatherization” work.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs over $4.7B for infrastructure
-Michigan is investing more than $4.7 billion to improve infrastructure, including drinking water upgrades, internet access and fixing roads, bridges and dams.
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Report: Climate change threatens these 29 Michigan chemical sites
-The sites include a plastics manufacturer in Wyandotte, a sewage treatment plant in Jackson, an ice-cream maker in Ludington and a petroleum fuel terminal in St. Clair.