Tag: U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
After federal protections fall, Boundary Waters advocates prepare for next phase of mining fight
A new chapter unfolds in the battle over mining near Minnesota’s treasured wilderness.
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Will Canada protect the piping plover before it returns to Wasaga Beach?
The stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no longer provincially protected. Environmental groups are taking the federal government to court over delays in stepping in.
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Forest Service workers in Wisconsin may have to move after reorganization, union leader says
Trump administration officials say the restructuring will bring the agency closer to communities they serve.
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After Trump cuts, Michigan helps pay for remainder of climate work program
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.
Lucas Roff met his then-girlfriend when he was going to college at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.
Conflict Over A Blockbuster Farm Chemical
Not since DDT was introduced to U.S. agriculture to kill insects after World War Two has a farm chemical been as important to American crop production, and come under more scientific, political, and legal scrutiny as the weedkiller Roundup, and its active ingredient, glyphosate.
With the election of President Donald Trump, the conflict over glyphosate’s risks and benefits entered a new realm of confrontation that has the potential to alter its stature as the favored chemical tool in agriculture, the largest user of fresh water in the blue economy of Michigan and the Great Lakes.