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Guilty plea expected in Allegheny River pollution case

By Eric Freedman | July 6, 2021

A former supervisor of a Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority plant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge for allegedly ordering employees to discharge sludge into the Allegheny River.

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Campus works to become more pollinator-friendly

By McKoy Scribner | July 2, 2021

In an effort to battle invasive species, Michigan State University is becoming a more welcoming place for bees, butterflies and other native pollinators.

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Poached black bear lands Minnesota poacher behind bars

By Eric Freedman | June 30, 2021

Sept. 1, 2019, was a deadly day for a 700-pound black bear illegally shot with a compound bow near a garbage dump on Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian Reservation.

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Michigan farmers could benefit from easing trade relations between the U.S. and Cuba, experts say

By Brandon Chew | June 28, 2021

Michigan farmers, especially soybean farmers, could benefit from higher sales to Cuba, state agricultural organizations say. 

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Former Echo reporter awarded reporting fellowship

By David Poulson | June 21, 2021

Carol Thompson is among 13 journalists named to the inaugural class of the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships.

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Feds file conspiracy charges against owner, manager, of Buffalo properties with long-running lead paint violations

By Eric Freedman | June 21, 2021

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

By Eric Freedman | June 7, 2021

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

By Eric Freedman | June 2, 2021

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

By Jonus Cottrell | May 26, 2021

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

By Eric Freedman | May 24, 2021

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.

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

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