Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer.
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region
Flint residents reach $25M settlement with engineers in water crisis case
Engineering company Veolia North America settles class-action lawsuit before a trial was set to begin. The company consulted the city of Flint after its disastrous 2014 water switch.
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Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
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PFAS News Roundup: Researchers fear PFAS factory air emissions contribute to widespread contamination in North Carolina
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
Posted inDetroit, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region
Parts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse
Residents are divided over whether financial benefits outweigh risks.
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Mandated East Palestine creek cleanup is entering final phase, environmental officials say
Cleanup efforts are still underway in East Palestine nearly a year after a train derailed. Officials say progress is being made at restoring water quality and aquatic life.
Posted inClimate Change, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ohio, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research
Smart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges
Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.
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Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.
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You can’t stop the lake
Pollution plays a role in preventing shoreline erosion for lakeside properties.
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Waves of Change: Meet Wisconsin Green Muslims founder and director Huda Alkaff
We spoke with Huda Alkaff, an ecologist, environmental educator and the founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims.