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Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field | Great Lakes Echo

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By Elinor Epperson As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. The course is an opportunity for workers to expand their […]

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Detroit legislator takes the long view on Michigan’s water affordability struggles | Great Lakes Now

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Detroit legislator takes the long view on Michigan’s water affordability struggles

For Detroit’s Sen. Stephanie Chang, the long and winding road to statewide drinking water affordability legislation continues with the finish line, hopefully, in sight.

Chang, a Democrat representing Michigan’s 3rd district, first focused on the affordability issue as a newly minted representative in 2015. At the time, she heard stories about the effects of water shutoffs and related health issues.

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London Free Press

Heavy rains flooding Harris Park? Amid climate change, get used to it

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Shoreline fixes coming to Harris Park won’t prevent floods like the one that happened last week after near-record rain left the downtown-area greenspace and its walkways submerged. The Harris Park shoreline restoration project, instead, will replace old erosion prevention measures with naturalized infrastructure to “protect the shoreline into the future,” city hall officials say. While […]