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"MI Environment Digest - January 13, 2023"
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Grand Haven petroleum storage facility property to be revitalized with EGLE grant assistance [ [link removed] ]

"January 12, 2023"

A brownfield redevelopment grant will help redevelop a contaminated site in Grand Haven.

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Brownfield redevelopment site at 815 Verhoeks Street in Grand Haven, Michigan facing west.
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Ten questions about radon, a cancer-causing gas found in one of four homes in Michigan [ [link removed] ]

"January 11, 2023"

Check out the answers to 10 common questions and answers about radon.

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EGLE staffers Nicolas Luciani (l) and Les Smith at EGLE radon booth.
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EGLE grant helps revitalize former gas station in Grand Rapids [ [link removed] ]

"January 10, 2023"

A brownfield redevelopment grant EGLE will help redevelop a contaminated site in Grand Rapids.

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View of proposed development in Grand Rapids.
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By the numbers: The 2022 State of the Great Lakes Report [ [link removed] ]

"January 5, 2023"

Figures in the report illustrate the many ways the lakes? ecosystems are studied and supported.

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Cover of the 2022 State of the Great Lakes report
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By the Numbers: Michigan continues to be a national leader in addressing PFAS [ [link removed] ]

"January 4, 2023"

MPART?s recent virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit set an EGLE conference attendance record.

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Map of PFAS Michigan sites
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By the Numbers: Over $20 million in brownfield grants for 67 projects awarded in 2022 [ [link removed] ]

"January 3, 2023"

EGLE in 2022 awarded over $20 million in brownfield grants and loans for redevelopment of contaminated properties to 67 projects statewide.

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Removal of the underground storage tank where the Webster Community Center will be in Pontiac.
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Top 10 MI Environment stories in 2022 [ [link removed] ]

"December 29, 2022"

EGLE published 174 stories in MI Environment during the course of the year.

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Ann Arbor?s new ?samurai sorting robot? is a plastics recycling game-changer [ [link removed] ]

"December 28, 2022"

Recycling plastics is about to get easier thanks to the pending arrival of a state-of-the-art SamurAI sorting robot in Ann Arbor.

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SamurAI recycling sorting robot in Ann Arbor.
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Recycling and romance blooms in Metro Detroit [ [link removed] ]

"December 27, 2022"

The dynamic duo who created Essential Recycling in Pontiac is introducing graduating high school seniors to potential careers in the recycling industry.

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Damany Head and Shanell Weatherspoon of Essential Recycling in Pontiac.
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