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EPA studies mining waste barrel cleanup in Upper Peninsula lake – Great Lakes Commission
In September, federal contractors will begin a pilot cleanup project in Torch Lake near Houghton, Michigan, where 400 deteriorating metal drums of mining waste have littered the Upper Peninsula lakebed […]
Federal appeals court upholds decision to remand AG Nessel’s Line 5 lawsuit to state court, denies Enbridge request for rehearing – Great Lakes Commission
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Enbridge Energy’s request to rehear its June decision to remand the Nessel v. Enbridge case, which denied Enbridge’s Line 5 project to continue, […]
Arts & Scraps: Reusing materials to combat climate change | Great Lakes Echo
By Jada Vasser Reusing materials in creative ways is a lifelong obsession for Ang Adamiak – one that led her to launch a nonprofit. Even though these days she says she’s mostly “in an office writing grants” while her staff is out doing “interesting work,” building partnerships around the sustainable reuse of materials still fuels […]
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Dyer: A new Scarlet Pimpernel for our times?
A clever stunt pulled off by the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement won’t do much to help his cause, Gwynne Dyer argues.
Commentary: Michigan joins federal program that collects native flora and champions restoration | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Of all the things I could step in while wandering the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Northeast Michigan, vulture vomit was not on my list. My hosts, a team of scientists looking for native plant seeds, warned me to avoid it. Elizabeth Haber is a lead botanist with Seeds of Success, a […]
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