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90 Grams Of Fiber A Day?

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Dr. Bellardo graduated from the Drexel University College of Medicine where she earned her MD. She is a practicing physician and she has some research citations. She consumes more fiber than most people, and for good reasons. Eating more fiber is beneficial: lowering cholesterol, improving blood pressure, improving diabetes risk, … [continued]

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Great Lakes Echo

Michigan home energy efficiency standards stalled amid homebuilders lawsuit

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By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Michigan’s attempt to adopt new home energy efficiency standards is facing more delays because of stiff resistance from homebuilders. The new standards were supposed to go into effect in August but are on hold while a lawsuit filed in June by representatives of the construction industry plays out in court.

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Oil & Gas Pollution Linked To 90,000 Premature Deaths A Year In The US

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The alleged US government is hellbent on destroying renewable energy as a way of expanding the use of fossil fuels. The administration, led by true believers like Chris Wright, the current Energy Secretary, and Doug Burgum, the current Interior Secretary, likes to pooh pooh climate change. Recently, Wright acknowledged that … [continued]

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Great Lakes Echo

John Ball Zoo Fights for Great Lakes’ Rarest Butterflies

6 min read

By Donté Smith 
Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study in the journal Science. Almost a third of the 342 species studied have seen their numbers fall by more than half.  To help combat that trend, the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species.

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