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Green Spotlight: New York Gov. Cuomo leads with climate change, restoring nature in annual priorities speech

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now

The governors of five of the eight Great Lakes states have given their yearly State of the State addresses, but only one of them highlighted climate change.

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Minnesota regulators revisit environmental review for Line 3 pipeline

by The Associated Press

The state’s Public Utilities Commission opened a hearing Friday on an updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state, but most testimony focused on broader questions of whether the project should even be built.

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Ancient Analog: What can Lake Huron’s cyanobacteria tell us about the earth’s past or about other planets?

by Natasha Blakely

Scientists studying the ecosystems of Lake Huron’s sinkholes see plenty of potential for what their research can tell us not only about the lakes, but about the history of this planet or the environments of other planets in the solar system.

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PFAS News Roundup: Litigation, testing, fish advisories, microwave popcorn and new firefighting foam labels

by Ric Mixter

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS – a group of man-made chemicals flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country – in the Great Lakes region and on a national level in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.