This week, read about EGLE programs and activities in the Upper Peninsula, and more





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"MI Environment Digest - August 16, 2024"

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Two years and $26 billion: Biden-Harris Administration?s Inflation Reduction Act supercharges Michigan?s clean energy future [ [link removed] ]

"August 16, 2024"

Record investments have created good-paying jobs, advanced climate action, and lowered household costs.

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EGLE Director Phil Roos celebrates federal investments at a recent event.

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Michigan's Cancer Drug Repository Program helps put medications to use [ [link removed] ]

"August 16, 2024"

Sites across Michigan will take donations from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on August 20 and 22.

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YesRx partners at Trinity Pharmacy Reichert Center in Ypsilanti with donated cancer drugs. Courtesy of YesRx.

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*The Village at Grand Traverse Commons: Transforming communities, transforming environments* [ [link removed] ]

"August 15, 2024"

The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, the former Traverse City State Hospital, is an example of the positive impacts of brownfield investments. ?

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Tour of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons.

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EGLE sponsors radon mitigation course in U.P. to help businesses start or expand radon services [ [link removed] ]

"August 15, 2024"

For the first time, EGLE is sponsoring a radon mitigation certification course in the Upper Peninsula. ?

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Advanced diagnostics radon class. Courtesy of Kansas State University.

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The road to success: Assuring electronic waste recycling access in the Upper Peninsula [ [link removed] ]

"August 14, 2024"

E-waste recycling continues to grow in the Upper Peninsula with 13 collections sites collecting 400K pounds each year"."

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Electronic waste collection event at Hannahville Indian community in June 2024.

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U.P. destinations benefit from grant awards for mobility innovations in Michigan's National Parks [ [link removed] ]

"August 13, 2024"

The first round of grant recipients will deploy sustainable transportation solutions, enhancing accessibility and visitor experiences.

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Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist stands inside an electric transit bus at a National Parks Service Mobility Challenge event.

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EGLE adds western Upper Peninsula?s first air monitor [ [link removed] ]

"August 12, 2024"

The new location will exclusively measure pollutant PM2.5.

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Brian Lomerson, left, explains the air monitoring system to Drew Yesmunt and Joe Scanlan.

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