Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: pet coke, fracking, Asian carp funding
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Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson on February’s biggest environmental stories.
Land
The 40-year legacy of PBB in Michigan
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The public health impacts of an agricultural disaster in Michigan are still lingering 40 years later.
Water
New Lansing enviro leader focuses on environmental justice
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The new leader of the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council outlines his priorities for the organization.
Water
Iowa runoff lawsuit, Flint’s water woes
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WKAR’s Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson about January’s biggest environmental stories.
Energy
Report explores future of green energy in Michigan
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A new report from the University of Michigan’s Energy Institute looks at the costs and benefits of expanding renewable energy in Michigan.
Water
Are prescription drugs harming fish?
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Prescription drugs bypassing sewage treatment to enter the Great Lakes could harm fish.
Waste
Michigan environmentalist criticizes new federal coal ash standards
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Michigan environmentalists are disappointed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules on coal ash.
Water
Great Lakes Year in Review: algae blooms, pipelines, and federal funding
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Current State looks back at the biggest Great Lakes environmental stories of 2014.
Water
New tool simulates climate change impact on Great Lakes shores
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A new tool developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration lets people look at what varying water levels do to a shoreline.
Energy
Canadian First Nations take lead on clean energy
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Lumos Energy president Chris Henderson has spent the last two-and-a-half decades working, “at the intersection of clean energy, sustainable development, environmental action, economic development, and Aboriginal communities.”