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Taylor Haelterman

COVID-19

Stay-at-home Michiganders used 5% less juice in 2020

By Taylor Haelterman | April 20, 2021

Michigan’s energy consumption dropped 5% in 2020 which is 1% more than the national average.

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Removal fund covers up to 10% of Wisconsin’s private lead pipes needing replacement

By Taylor Haelterman | March 3, 2021

Local officials predict it’s enough to fund three years worth of work.

Books

Famed outdoor writer’s journals found in old refrigerator to be published soon

By Taylor Haelterman | March 1, 2021

A decade after the death of bestselling author and conservationist, Sigurd F. Olson, his son found some of his loose-leaf journals in an unplugged refrigerator. The journals have since been turned into a book that will be published in June.

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University gives St. Marys River clean, green boost

By Taylor Haelterman | February 9, 2021

High school and community groups will help implement a $250,000 project to prevent pollution from flowing into the river from a new water research center to be built on contaminated soils at Lake Superior State University.

About Great Lakes Echo

Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

Recent Articles

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