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More Canada geese — and their poop — make Michigan home. Blame the heat.

by Bridge Michigan

As Michigan winters warm, more geese are becoming full-time residents, rather than migrating further south. That’s convenient for the geese, but a plague on the park, golf course and beach visitors trying to evade their droppings. Solutions are limited.

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Energy News Roundup: Indigenous communities take lead on energy projects, climate bill defeat impacts solar production

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Greening a home — and the next generation — in Wisconsin

by Energy News Network

A group of Wisconsin high school students recently received first-hand experience helping to reduce a home’s carbon footprint as part of a project for their AP Environmental Science course.

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To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

by The Conversation

The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf asked the state’s high court Monday to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.