Michigan’s growing data center industry is facing scrutiny over electricity costs, utility contracts, and local opposition. The debate has important implications for Great Lakes water resources because large facilities can […]
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Michigan forestry and wildlife officials have applied for more than $1 million in grants to buy a combined 721 acres in the western Upper Peninsula to consolidate state ownership and […]
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Michigan regulators granted Consumers Energy a final extension to negotiate the proposed sale of 13 hydroelectric dams. A settlement is due December 9, with a final regulatory decision potentially following […]
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Minnesota-based 3M announced this week it will spend more than $7 billion over the next nine years to settle injury claims tied to PFAS, and hundreds of Wisconsin residents may […]
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Michigan State University researchers have received a $1 million federal award to develop technology that captures nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural runoff before it pollutes waterways. Read the full story […]
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The first Gales of November are expected this week on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior with waves as high as 17 feet. Read the full story by MLive.
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Torch Lake in Antrim County, Michigan, is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, which ultimately drains into Lake Michigan. A cleanup led by the U.S. EPA, Michigan […]
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An angler from Menasha, Wisconsin, caught a record-breaking 9-pound, 11.3-ounce smallmouth bass in Green Bay, Wisconsin, surpassing a 76-year-old state record and highlighting the bay’s reputation as a premier smallmouth […]
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Scientists are seeing early signs of progress in restoring Lake Erie’s lake sturgeon population, following reintroductions into the Cuyahoga and Sandusky rivers. The effort aims to rebuild a self-sustaining population […]
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Invasive New Zealand mudsnails have been detected in Bear Creek, Kent County, marking their first known appearance in Michigan’s southern Lower Peninsula. Their rapid reproduction threatens native stream invertebrates and […]
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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s research vessel Neil Armstrong is making its first-ever Great Lakes voyage to Lake Superior, where it will deploy underwater detector arrays to help scientists study […]
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The Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan, has brought back its “Lake Michigan’s Call to Duty” exhibit, highlighting Lake Michigan’s vital role in World War II through military training, […]