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Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in MichiganMichigan attorneys pressed a federal appellate panel on Thursday to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging oil pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court, arguing that state environmental protection laws are in play
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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes iceAs climate change accelerates, scientists are scrambling to understand how iceless winters could affect the world's largest freshwater system
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The Great Lakes region has experienced record low ice cover this winter, and scientists said it is important to keep an eye on the warming trends
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Wisconsin is seeing a glaring lack of snow and lake ice this winter, and a new report underscores how climate trends are leading to diminished ice seasons on the Great Lakes
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Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewaterThe National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.
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The New Year brings a chorus of familiar concerns about the risks of building a 21-foot diameter tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac for oil and gas pipelines
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Once considered a promising location for such projects, Wisconsin and other regional states have faced setbacks, although experts still wonder about a revival
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A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest the world.
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The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards
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A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between four Native American tribes and state and federal regulatory agencies to revise a fishing policy covering parts of three of the Great Lakes