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The law and the Great Lakes: Respect for the value of conflict
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Can we collaborate our way to a better environmental quality of life?
Someone needs to watch the watchers.
When collaboration and negotiation fail, legal action is the recourse
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Great Lakes legacy: Old contaminants declining; newer ones on the rise
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Some longtime contaminants – like DDT – are declining more quickly than ever in the Great Lakes.
But new ones – like flame retardants – are on the rise.
A soon-to-be-published study evaluates the fate of the Great Lakes chemical load.
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Energy proposal carries only one county; advocates eye new strategy
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More than 62 percent of voters opposed the Proposal 3 renewable energy plan. Only one county passed it. Supporters say they look forward to Gov. Rick Snyder’s energy speech later this month.
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Archaeologists shed new light on ancient farming
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To many archaeologists and other experts, Michigan holds a wealth of evidence about the past and remains an important player in providing insights to the past.
For example, new developments in the archaeological world include research on ancient farming practices in Michigan and elsewhere in the region.
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Great Lakes lawmakers consider statewide bans on pavement sealants
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Researchers say that run off from pavement with coal-tar sealers can threaten aquatic life and are considered a possible health threat to people.
Some local bans are already in place.
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Deadline approaches for grants to remove or maintain aging dams
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will spend $2.35 million on a dam management program in 2013, the first time the department has been granted money by the Legislature to address problems of aging dams.
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Group fights Maumee River sediment polluting Lake Erie
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Stretching 130 miles from Fort Wayne to Toledo, the Maumee River drains 8,000 square miles, the largest watershed in the Great Lakes region. A volunteer non-profit cleanup crew is addressing a potpourri of river pollution.
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Trout brouhaha brews in Michigan’s U.P.
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Brook trout experts have asked the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to put on hold a proposal to double the brook trout creel limit in 10 streams in the Upper Peninsula.
They claim the proposal is more political than scientific.
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Third of candidates on conservation group’s Dirty Dozen lists from Great Lakes states
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Two “Dirty Dozen” lists identify 12 federal and 12 state-level candidates that the League of Conservation voters say have the worst environmental records in close races around the country.