Energy
Proposed Trump rollback of fuel standards triggers urban health concerns
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Administration cites safety factor to justify move; Cautious auto industry response.
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What’s in your Great Lakes brew?
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Microplastics detected in the suds of microbrews.
Energy
A Life Without Line 5
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Could Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and other parts of the state get the propane gas it needs without the Line 5 Pipeline? A new report just released says “yes.”
Nearshore
Lake Erie wind farm: face off over pollution, birds and jobs
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About 40 people testified last week at a public hearing on a potential offshore wind farm in Lake Erie.
Echo
Sweet historical discoveries at maple sugaring camps
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Archaeological excavations at four sites in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are shedding new light on historic maple sugaring operations and the people – mostly Native Americans and French-Canadians – who ran them.
bugs
Ideal conditions lead to firefly boom
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If you’ve been noticing more fireflies in your backyard this summer, you’re not alone.
Algae
Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”
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Charter boat captain says business is down by 25 percent.
Water
Great Lakes teachers sail away on a cruise, but it’s not a tropical vacation
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Fifteen teachers, several from New York State, sailed off Monday morning on research vessel called The Lake Guardian.
Climate
Red clay runoff in Lake Superior after torrential rains
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The torrential rains in northern Michigan and Wisconsin on June 17, 2018 sent abundant sediment runoff into Lake Superior.
Art
Remembering the soldiers of Mackinac Island
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A new book looks at the lives of the soldiers stationed on Fort Mackinac in the early 19th century.