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"MI Environment Digest - September 8, 2023"

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Protecting water from 'Forest to Mi Faucet' [ [link removed] ]

"Sept. 7, 2023"

The Michigan DNR's Forest to Mi Faucet initiative will plant trees and seeds of knowledge.

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Greening of Detroit has planted more than 135,000 trees in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. Courtesy of DNR.

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Lakes? health depends on decarbonization [ [link removed] ]

Sept. 6, 2023

The MI Healthy Climate Plan is charting a course to a cleaner, stronger future.

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Turbines harness the wind near Pigeon as part of Michigan's clean energy transformation. Photo courtesy of Michigan DNR.

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EGLE awards funding to four new housing developments across Michigan [ [link removed] ]

"Sept. 5, 2023"

EGLE recently awarded funding to four projects adding 274 affordable and workforce housing units around Michigan.

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Rendering of The Greenwood, recipient of an EGLE brownfield grant, in Jackson.

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Harnessing investments to accelerate restoration of Michigan's Areas of Concern [ [link removed] ]

"August 31, 2023"

Funds from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are helping to clean up contaminated sites.

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Children learning about restoration of the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern. Courtesy of West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission.

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Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference coming to Kalamazoo September 19 to 21 [ [link removed] ]

"August 30, 2023"

The conference aims to bring together leading experts, municipal officials, water professionals, academia, nonprofits, as well as state and local officials to discuss and address water infrastructure challenges and solutions in the Great Lakes region.

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Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference 2003 logo

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EGLE announces MI Healthy Climate Corps to launch in January [ [link removed] ]

"August 29, 2023"

The MI Healthy Climate Corps will move Michigan along the path set by the MI Healthy Climate Plan.

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Walking Bridge on a Cloudy Fall Day

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Wildfire smoke and pollution: A primer on Michigan?s attainment status and efforts to protect residents [ [link removed] ]

"August 28, 2023"

The unprecedented wildfire related pollution has people wanting to know how it might affect southeast Michigan?s status, and what the state is doing to protect residents.

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EGLE air monitor in Allen Park, Mich.

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