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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, right, signs a document in front of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James to revoke the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) DCPS119 DCPS119

September 12, 2019 at 7:48 am

Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule VIEW

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was...

In this Thursday Aug. 15, 2019 photo, dairy farmer Fred Stone pauses while working in the milking room at his farm in Arundel, Maine. Fred Stone and his wife Laura, whose dairy farm is contaminated by toxic chemicals known collectively as PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals,” have high PFAS levels in their blood. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) MERB201 MERB201

September 11, 2019 at 9:07 pm

Concerns grow over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands VIEW

LAPEER, Mich. (AP) — For more than 20 years, the eastern Michigan town of Lapeer sent leftover sludge from its sewage treatment plant to area...

August 14, 2019 at 9:48 am

Federal agency to consider protections for lake sturgeon

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday they will consider extending legal protections to lake sturgeon — prehistoric fish once abundant in the...

August 12, 2019 at 6:38 am

Study: Asian carp could find plenty of food in Lake Michigan

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp are likely to find enough food to spread farther if they establish breeding populations in Lake Michigan, reinforcing...

August 7, 2019 at 2:32 pm

Enbridge says gap opens beneath Great Lakes oil pipeline

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Erosion has created a gap beneath an oil pipeline in a key Great Lakes channel that's wider than allowed under...

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July 29, 2019 at 9:02 am

5 governors push presidential candidates to aid Great Lakes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year's presidential election to...

July 12, 2019 at 9:28 pm

Hurricane Barry’s rain and floods hammer Gulf environment VIEW

Hurricane Barry could affect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling...

July 10, 2019 at 8:56 am

Democratic presidential hopeful Inslee opposes pipeline plan

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee waded into a Great Lakes regional controversy on Wednesday, calling for the defeat of a...

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July 9, 2019 at 9:02 pm

Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back VIEW

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to...

June 17, 2019 at 2:30 pm

Enbridge to begin rock, soil sampling in Straits of Mackinac

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. said Monday that it is moving ahead with the collection of rock and soil samples in the Straits...

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