Energy
Michigan bill would repeal renewable energy standards
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Meanwhile, Michigan utilities are on pace to meet the standard requiring that they produce 10 percent of their energy with renewables by the end of next year.
Recreation
Some non-Michigan hunters, anglers could get break on licenses
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Bargain license fees for out-of state hunters and anglers heading to Michigan would mean less money for wildlife and fisheries.
Climate
Grand Haven considers climate change in master plan
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Some communities are bracing for climate change by creating a resilient Michigan.
Recreation
Push ahead to raise more shipwrecks onto the National Register of Historic Places
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Deep below the chill waters of northwestern Lake Huron, four doomed ships have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Energy
New report: oil transportation poses risks to Great Lakes Region
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The boom in oil production in North Dakota and Western Canada has turned the Great Lakes region into a transportation corridor for crude oil.
Energy
Pennsylvania man faces sentencing for falsifying abandoned oil well plugging reports
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The fake reports caused the re-inspection of 95 wells in the Allegheny National Forest.
Water
Great Lakes in review: mayors on algae, restoration update
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we talk about a summit on water resources led by the region’s mayors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s update to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Air
Air near chemical plant remains polluted long after it closed
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A new study says that people living within six miles of the former plant are exposed to relatively high levels of contaminants in the air and linked to the site.
Wildlife
DNR: Wolf management plan can include responsible hunting
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Some states are considering hunting as a way to control potential wolf/human conflicts.
Wildlife
To catch a predator: Citizens enlisted to track invasive species
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Online reporting helps put more eyes on the paths of destructive invaders.