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At This Michigan Restaurant, Chefs Forage For Your Food | Great Lakes Now
At Farrand Hall in Southwest Michigan, chefs don’t just source their ingredients. They forage for them. What began as a vacation home for owners James Gray and Jacob Hagan has […]
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What will it take to stop invasive mussels?
Invasive quagga mussels have taken over the lakes, severely threatening native species like whitefish. So what can we do? Researchers like Harvey Bootsma are exploring different ways to control mussel […]
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Is there any hope for whitefish?
Great Lakes whitefish are disappearing, largely due to an explosion of invasive mussels. These filter feeders consume much of the food that baby whitefish need to make it to adulthood. […]
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Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands
By Aidan Hughes, Inside Climate News
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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army announced a proposal last week to further define, and scale back, the number of waterways and wetlands protected by the federal government under the Clean Water Act, a bedrock environmental law.
$18M approved in bill credits for Pennsylvania customers in ‘forever chemicals’ settlement
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently approved a proposal from the Pennsylvania-American Water Company (PAWC) to issue over $18 million in bill credits to customers.