This week, read about a beach-cleaning robot, EGLE's internship program, and more





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"MI Environment Digest - July 26, 2024"

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Ox Creek: Flowing toward economic revival and environmental justice [ [link removed] ]

"July 26, 2024"

Teamwork and investments are keeping revitalization moving forward.

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Creekside trails and pedestrian bridges are in planned for Ox Creek. Artist rendering courtesy of PLY+ Architecture.

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Meet EGLE's interns [ [link removed] ]

"July 25, 2024"

The focus of EGLE?s new internship program is to create a meaningful learning experience for students and provide them with a real-world view of the work that the department does.

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Internship Word Cloud

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Beach-cleaning boost: Roving robot behind cleaner beaches throughout the state [ [link removed] ]

"July 22, 2024"

The robot efficiently clears away various sizes of plastic debris from the landscape including bottles, food wrappers, cigarette butts and fragmented plastic particles.

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EGLE awards grant to help turn Detroit's historic Fisher Body auto plant into new housing [ [link removed] ]

"July 18, 2024"

EGLE is awarding a $1 million Brownfield Redevelopment Grant to the project to dispose of contaminated soil and install a system to keep vapors out of the building.

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Rendering of new housing at the Fisher Body Plant 21 site.

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Clean maritime transportation makes waves [ [link removed] ]

"July 17, 2024"

The transition to electric vessels and low-emissions infrastructure is underway.

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Vita Seal boat at the AQUA superPower E-Marine Demo event held at Elk Rapids Marina

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Great Lakes Drinking Water Conference to showcase achievements, challenges of past 50 years [ [link removed] ]

"July 16, 2024"

The conference will showcase the achievements and challenges of the past 50 years while looking ahead to the possibilities of the next half-century.

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Safe Drinking Water Act - 50 years - 1974-2024

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