Tag: The States
GUEST COMMENTARY: Speak up to stop the spotted lanternfly and other invaders | Great Lakes Echo
By David Strayer If you’ve driven Michigan’s highways lately, you’ve probably seen the billboards: a big picture of a lanternfly, with the message, “See it. Squish it. Report it.” This is good advice, as far as it goes, but it should go further. The spotted lanternfly is a serious pest that is poised to cause […]
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Groundwater: Who’s in charge? | Great Lakes Now
In the early 2000s a movement to address the plight of the heavily polluted and long neglected Great Lakes started to gain traction.
The goal was to bring the gravitas of the federal government to the issue and in 2004 President George W. Bush signed an executive order declaring the lakes a “national treasure.” An interagency task force was established to bring together the disparate efforts of various federal programs who had been working independently on Great Lakes issues.
McConnell wins Canadian Men’s Senior Golf Championship
Those who attended the final day of the 2024 Canadian Men’s Senior Golf Championship at the Saugeen Golf Club were treated to bonus golf as both the senior and super senior finals went into playoff rounds. Canadian-born Miles McConnell made up four strokes on the leader Sunday to come from behind and win the national […]
Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Grist
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Last year, Michigan became one of the latest states to adopt a clean energy standard, passing sweeping legislation that calls for utilities there to use 100 percent clean electricity by 2040 and sets targets for renewable energy development, among other requirements.
Michigan advocates hail ‘groundbreaking’ settlement to civil rights complaint over hazardous waste facility | Great Lakes Now
By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit
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Michigan environmental advocates are hailing a “groundbreaking” settlement to a civil rights complaint filed with state regulators over the expansion of a hazardous waste facility in Detroit.