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Green group endorsements fail to push non-incumbents into Congress in the Great Lakes
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Only a minority of Great Lakes region congressional candidates endorsed by national environmental advocacy groups were victorious on Election Day.
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Partisan divide widens over environmental policy priorities
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A growing proportion of Americans see environmental protection and global climate change as policy priorities, while worries about the economy are shrinking, a new national survey says.
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Three Great Lakes politicos make anti-environment list
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It isn’t easy being green. Especially if you’re a Republican vying for the popular vote, according to a list on Grist.
The environmental website targets the top ten “brownwashing” Republicans. Three Great Lakes politicians made the list. In fact, these politicos dominate the top five. Ouch.
Great Lakes opportunity: Will Kirk lead or muddle along?
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A first-term senator from Illinois gets an early chance to lead on Great Lakes policy.
Will Sen. Mark Kirk fill the void left by many long-time Great Lakes advocates who have left Congress?
PODCAST: Shoreline Property Owners Meet Great Lakes Wind Council
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm considers offshore wind crucial to economic development.
But people that own lakefront property have already organized against it.
Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus reports.
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VIDEO: Great Lakes advocate to retire from Congress; pols weigh Ehlers’ legacy
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The 76-year-old moderate from Grand Rapids helped gain the visibility and funding for the Great Lakes that have long been available to the East and West Coasts.
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Great Lakes wolf stars in political drama
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By Alice Rossignol
Nov. 3, 2009
As a boy, David Radaich’s father shot wolves that wandered onto the family cattle farm in northeast Minnesota. Now a beef cattle producer himself, Radaich tries to deal with wolves in a legal and ethical way. But it’s not easy. “The challenge seems to be increasing in the last couple of years,” Radaich said.
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Analysts: Great Lakes senators will protect industry rather than lead on climate change
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By Andrew Norman
Oct. 26, 2009
Political liabilities and the absence of key committee posts mean that senators from Great Lakes states are unlikely to play major roles in climate change legislation. But the region’s members will influence the bill by defending specific industries, according to political analysts. “The folks will not be major players,” said Richard Hula, chair of the political science department at Michigan State University. Instead, they will form a loose coalition to resist anything that further dampens the manufacturing sector.