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The Deepwater Horizon Tragedy: 15 Years Of Ecological Restoration Are Underway
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded 15 years ago, killing 11 people and injuring another 17. More than 100 million gallons of oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest marine oil spill in US history. Years of ecological destruction followed, and the catastrophic legacy of this disaster is … [continued]
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Rescuing Freighters and Busting Swamps
A freighter takes on water in Lake Superior and a lawsuit over farming on wetlands.
Sheep Will Make Room For 500,000 Honeybees In New Agrivoltaic Project
The Texas-based agrivoltaic specialist Urban Grid has added beehives and flocks of lambs to its 65-megawatt Crystal Hill solar array in Halifax County, Virginia.
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The State Of The Food We Consume
The Trump administration’s Big, Beautiful Bill is in the hands of the Senate now. Yes, some of the House measures within those 1000 pages will look different, but three food and agricultural provisions that are certain to affect the state of the food we consume are expected to remain intact: … [continued]
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The Legacy of Chief Blackstone: Ojibwe resistance in Great Lakes history
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.