As energy companies shift away from burning coal to generate electricity, many are leaving behind toxic waste that could endanger public health and the environment for years to come.
Environment
May 22, 2023
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Last summer, researchers at Michigan State University reported that one in five Michigan adults, or about 1.7 million people, don't want children and therefore are child-free. Although that number was surprisingly large to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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If you live along one of the major interstate highways running through Chicago or directly next to Lake Michigan, you are regularly exposed to more air pollution than the rest of the city, a new Northwestern University study ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2023
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In an ordinary Chicago winter, ice fishermen would still be scampering out onto the frozen stretches of Lake Michigan, toting fishing rods, drills—even pop-up shelters.
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Michigan's gray wolf population remains stable and might have reached its natural ceiling after mounting a decadeslong comeback in the Upper Peninsula, state biologists said after the latest survey.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2023
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An illness that has sickened dogs in northern Michigan, killing some of them, was found to be canine parvovirus, a common ailment the affected dogs were not fully vaccinated against, state officials said.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 25, 2022
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State and federal agencies are investigating an unknown illness that's sickened dogs in northern Michigan and killed at least 30 canines in one county after they exhibited signs of a parvo-like illness.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 23, 2022
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The Great Lakes region is enjoying another year of lower water levels and wider beaches.
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for limits on abortion but also created uncertainty around the future of birth control. This could have far-reaching implications for many people as a research ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2022
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