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Detroit Lakes-area hikers celebrate a local stretch of a national trail
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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June 9, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — In parts of the forested vastness of Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, sunlight filters through the canopy of trees, casting a green glow on the damp earth. Every so often, a tree bears a blue paint streak on its bark — a signal to...
CNN WIRE — Trump EPA proposes repealing major air pollution and emissions limits for power plants
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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June 11, 2025
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to scrap two major federal regulations that limit air pollution and planet-warming emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, the agency’s head announced Wednesday....
MSU’s Tom Izzo Football Building wins 2025 Build Michigan Award
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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June 11, 2025
Michigan State University’s Tom Izzo Football Building was selected for a 2025 Build Michigan Award by the Associated General Contractors of Michigan. The Build Michigan Award, presented annually by the Associated General Contractors of Michigan,...
Michigan Democrats want to make more polluters pay for cleanup
WVPE - Indiana
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June 9, 2025
Legislative Democrats rolled out bills Monday to toughen Michigan’s pollution cleanup standards and force businesses that caused contamination to foot the bill even if it happened decades ago. A key element would be amending a portion of...
Trump Administration Targets State Climate Laws
National Law Review
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June 11, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is expected to release a report any day detailing the Justice Department’s upcoming plans to combat “state overreach,” which is seen as impeding the Trump administration’s energy dominance agenda. What might be...
Proposed Michigan education budget plan would cut millions in direct university funding
WWMT - Michigan
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LANSING, Mich. — Major changes could be on the way for higher education in Michigan, shifting millions away from public universities. It comes from a new budget plan approved in the House Higher Education and Community Colleges budget committee on...
Michigan Partners With DTE Energy And Consumers Energy To Boost Manufacturing Jobs
Michigan Technology News
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June 10, 2025
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Community & Worker Economic Transition Office announced a public-private partnership designed to create and retain good-paying jobs, support Michigan manufacturers and...
Sherrone Moore Learns Major Update on 2026 CB Target as Big Powerhouse Programs Pose Serious Threat for Michigan
Essentially Sports
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June 12, 2025
Want to know how Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore treats his players? When it comes to guidance and support, “I try to express that and show that to them, and understand like I have 105 players here who are my kids and I got two girls...
Michigan music education leaders head to D.C. asking legislators to protect funding
WGVU - Michigan
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June 9, 2025
“Our mission is to serve primarily music educators, but then by extension also music students and the surrounding communities.” Carin McEvoy is Executive Director of the Michigan Music Education Association. She and members are scheduled to meet...
Toxic Michigan site a “cautionary tale” as environmental funding is under threat
The New Lede - Washington D.C.
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June 11, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mich. — As a boy, Gary Smith would ride his bike with friends down a dirt road to a pit used by a chemical company to incinerate hazardous waste. “It was a place to throw stuff, look around,” he said on an overcast May afternoon...
Detroit City FC Kicks Off First Official Pride Night With Goals, Glitter and Community Love
Pride Source
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Get ready to cheer twice as loud — Detroit City FC is throwing its first official Pride Night celebration June 21, and it's serving up everything the community could want: a soccer doubleheader, drag performances and a chance to support LGBTQ+...
'The genie is already out of the bottle': How local Michigan governments are using AI
WCMU - Michigan
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June 11, 2025
Local governments in Michigan are embracing new technologies and have already started to utilize artificial intelligence in their day-to-day operations. AI is helping them with patrol management, waste handling and translation services, according...
Climate Solutions Week: Utilities
Interlochen Public Radio - Michigan
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June 9, 2025
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. It’s NPR’s 2025 Climate Solutions Week. This year’s topic is “Rethinking Home,” and NPR will bring us stories from around the...
Michigan expands ‘Do Not Eat’ fish warnings as PFAS levels prompt tighter safety standards
Environmental Health News
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June 9, 2025
A sweeping update to Michigan’s fish consumption advisories has tripled the number of lakes and rivers with “Do Not Eat” warnings due to new, stricter safety thresholds for PFAS contamination. Garret Ellison reports for MLive.com. In short:...
Trump administration proposes to slash power plant pollution limits
USA Today - Virginia
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday two major proposals that would weaken pollution standards for fossil-fuel power plants as part of the Trump administration’s effort to revive coal — actions that critics say will negatively...
New 'Of the Earth' art exhibition opens at Detroit Lakes' Ortenstone Gardens
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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June 11, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — While visitors to the lakes area may not be familiar with the name, Ortenstone Gardens and Sculpture Park has played host to thousands of "troll hunters" over the past year. The 50-acre park on the east edge of Detroit Lakes is...
Air quality advisory in effect for southwest Michigan due to elevated ozone levels
WWMT - Michigan
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An Air Quality Advisory has been declared for June 11 for elevated levels of ozone in southwest Michigan, announced the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The advisory is in effect for the following counties:...
Sherrone Moore Learns Big Update on 2026 CB Target as Oregon, Notre Dame and Other Powerhouse Programs Pose Serious Threat for Michigan
Essentially Sports
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June 12, 2025
Want to know how Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore treats his players? “I try to express that and show that to them, and understand like I have 105 players here who are my kids and I got two girls at home, so I got 107 kids and that’s...
Environmentalists celebrate stricter protections for Kirtland’s warblers in Ogemaw pipeline permit
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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Kirtland's warbler Wildlife Management Area, May 17, 2025. | Kyle Davidson Environmental attorney’s secured stricter protections for one of America’s rarest songbirds, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placing additional requirements into a...
Aquarium planned for nearly 200-acre contaminated landfill site along Grand River
Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan
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June 16, 2025
John Ball Zoo is closely vetting a contaminated former landfill site along the Grand River for the development of a large-scale aquarium, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business has learned. The target Kent County property is part of the Fenske Landfill, a...