Teresa Homsi
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Enbridge Energy says it’s disappointed that the timeline for its tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac has been pushed back. The Army Corps of Engineers is extending its environmental review for the proposed Line 5 tunnel.
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Communities contaminated by PFAS chemicals are celebrating a monumental step in federal regulations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday announced the first-ever national drinking water standard for toxic PFAS chemicals
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Enbridge energy is reacting today to a request by the Michigan Attorney General to move her lawsuit against the energy company back to a state court. Enbridge says her appeal undermines a federal court’s “conditions of fairness”
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a federal court to move her lawsuit against Enbridge back to a state court. Line 5 opponents say it’s an encouraging move that could lead to the shutdown of the pipeline.
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Michigan is receiving over $37 million dollars in federal funding to address emerging contaminants, like PFAS, in drinking water
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A year ago Tuesday, the EPA announced its “PFAS Strategic Roadmap.” The roadmap set goals to address PFAS at the federal level. So far, most of the agencies involved have held up their promises, but there’s still more work ahead.
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Invasive species are a national problem; one study estimates they cost the country $21 billion dollars in economic losses annually. That’s why the state is now offering $3.6 million dollars for projects to target invasive species in Michigan
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In another federal move to regulate PFAS, the EPA says two “toxic forever chemicals” should be declared “hazardous substances”