Heat is becoming a threat in cities everywhere. Here is part one of our two-part series that takes a looks at the connection between heat and health, the role water plays, what’s being done and where these cities have room to improve.
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Butterflies race for state insect status
Three butterflies are racing to become Michigan’s official state insect – and one of them is ahead, at least politically.
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Birders flock to the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass bills to improve the environment
Audubon Great Lakes members held an advocacy day for the first time in Michigan. Wetlands topped the agenda, but was just one item in a list to improve the environment.
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The truth about PFAS levels in smelt
Recent tests have found that PFAS levels in smelt are much lower than previously believed.
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Points North: To catch an arsonist
It’s a dry spring – 1984 in Wisconsin – and all these suspicious fires are popping up. A conservation warden named Dave is pretty sure it’s arson, but he can’t catch a break. So, he and a pilot decide to get creative.
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A freighter ship in Lake Superior collided with something underwater, Coast Guards says
The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water.
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Energy News Roundup: Coal ash still a concern in Indiana Superfund town near Lake Michigan
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news.
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‘None of us saw this coming’: Michigan confronts bird flu in cows
Michigan is requiring more biosecurity measures on farms because of an outbreak of bird flu in dairy herds.
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Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk
Tough talk followed a public outcry six years ago, but the push for policy reforms and monetary compensation has petered out.
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Indiana attorney general fights EPA rule that would reduce pollution on Indy’s west side
The state denied, for now, an application to destroy wetlands.