AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoGreat Lakes Water Quality: EGLE held what may be the final public hearing on Enbridge’s Line 5 water discharge permit, weighing a proposal to release 5 million gallons a day into Lake Michigan after the 2021 permit expired. Immigration Detention Backtrack: Michigan AG Dana Nessel says ICE has scrapped plans to convert a Romulus warehouse into a large detention center and will instead sell it, after a lawsuit argued the site was unsafe and improperly approved. Data Center Pushback: Michigan Senate Democrats unveiled an eight-bill package aimed at curbing hyperscale data center impacts on ratepayers, the environment, and workers, as communities question water and power promises. Beach Monitoring: The Western U.P. Health Department begins its annual E. coli bathing beach monitoring program, warning that heavy rain can spike bacteria levels. Invasive Species Recovery: At Pictured Rocks, cloned American beech grafts are being planted to build resistance to beech bark disease, a major threat across much of the species’ range.
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