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Mussels are Destroying Shipwrecks
The Great Lakes are filled with shipwrecks. But these underwater time capsules are under threat from an unlikely foe: mussels. Quadrillions of mussels have taken over much of the Great […]
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Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
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The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
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Indiana wants to be in charge of its own coal ash dumps
More energy news as Ohio makes hundreds of millions from fracking beneath public lands and a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant nears a highly anticipated restart.
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Mussels Could Doom This Iconic Fish
Whitefish are an iconic fish species. But invasive mussels are stripping the Great Lakes of nutrients that baby whitefish need to survive. Could this doom this beloved species? All Too […]
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