Echo
Former Echo reporter awarded reporting fellowship
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Carol Thompson is among 13 journalists named to the inaugural class of the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships.
Echo
Feds file conspiracy charges against owner, manager, of Buffalo properties with long-running lead paint violations
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Federal authorities have charged the owner and manager of more than 100 buildings in Buffalo with conspiracy for violating laws intended to protect tenants from lead paint poisoning.
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Skullduggery at the border: Feds crack skull-smuggling operation
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The owner of the Old Cavern Boutique in Montreal has been arrested on charges of illegally trafficking in wildlife parts and sending them from Canada into the United States.
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Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies
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A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated.
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Advocates look to labs for replacements to farm-raised meats
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The food industry may be getting closer to the introduction of lab-grown, or cultured, meats.
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Canadian shipping company fined for dumping oily bilge water into Lake Ontario
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An Ontario shipping company has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and to implement an environmental compliance program after accepting responsibility for the illegal dumping of 11,887 gallons of oily bilge water into Lake Ontario.
Agriculture
Despite last year’s cancellations, county fairs are coming back in Michigan
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Despite the cataclysmic effects the pandemic had on Michigan’s county fair events in 2020, most are expected to take place this year, at least in some form.
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Pandemic creates challenges, opportunities for animal shelters
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As the COVID-19 pandemic closed animal shelters to the public, Detroit-area pet rescue and adoption organizations had to come up with new ways to connect their dogs and cats to families.
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A new EPA app aims to help track water quality at beaches
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A new Environmental Protection Agency mobile app will help communities track water quality at their beaches.
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Waste reduction app diverts food from landfills
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Despite setbacks from the pandemic, a food waste reduction company has diverted over 50 million pounds of food from landfills.