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In rivers and groundwater, in human bloodstreams and products ranging from cosmetics to food packaging to carpets, researchers are increasingly finding “forever chemicals” that don’t break down naturally and are shown to cause myriad health issues.

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For years, many states have set ambitious goals and incentives to promote renewable electricity projects. Now, more of those states are turning their attention to the transmission lines, substations and transformers needed to get that electricity from wind farms and solar plants into homes a…

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Oil refineries are dumping massive amounts of toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the Great Lakes and the nation’s rivers with little, if any, oversight from government regulators, according to a new analysis that found some of the worst polluters are in the Chicago area.

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change. Now comes another formidable task: enticing Americans to buy millions of electric cars, heat pumps, solar panels and more efficient appliances.

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They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon appear to be facing an entirely new threat — their own ravenous hunger for anchovies.

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Joe Biden, speaking Friday at an annual international summit on climate change, urged world leaders to “double down” on their resolve to fight global warming, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reinforces the need to phase out fossil fuels.

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Once the world had hope that when nations got together they could stop climate change. Thirty years after leaders around the globe first got together to try, that hope has melted. So has 36 trillion tons of ice. The world has warmed by more than a degree and spewed a trillion tons of heat-tr…

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PORTLAND, Ore. — When a record-breaking heat wave settled over the Pacific Northwest in late July, it didn't take long for high temperatures to test the effectiveness of new state safety rules aimed at addressing the effects of climate change on both indoor and outdoor workers.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening.

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CHICAGO — Monty and Rose, who achieved local fame in 2019 as the first federally endangered piping plovers to raise a family in Chicago in almost 60 years, are gone from the North Side beach where they spent three summers.

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Spongy moths – formerly known as gypsy moths – are appearing across West Michigan.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change but will stop short of issuing an emergency declaration that would unlock federal resources to deal with the issue, according to a person familiar with the presiden…

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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has declared Tuesday to be an Action Day for elevated levels of ozone. Pollutants are expected to be in the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range.

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Most people choosing to take a stroll through Mulligan’s Hollow might be completely unaware that the wooded area is currently fighting for its life.

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In many of the states with the nation’s most aggressive climate goals, officials are investing millions of dollars to save the power source that was long the No. 1 target of many environmental activists: nuclear plants.

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WEST OLIVE — The environmental field studies program at the Careerline Tech Center recently was awarded the Environmental Service Award (ESA) from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy for its beach clean-up project, including Beach Buddy recycling stations at area parks.

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A beach cleanup, a parade and a celebration in Central Park took place in Grand Haven on Saturday, in honor of Earth Day.

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A beach cleanup, a parade and a celebration in Central Park took place in Grand Haven on Saturday, in honor of Earth Day.

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A group of wild elephants sift through garbage looking for food at a landfill in Sri Lanka. It's a dangerous undertaking — around 20 elephants have died from consuming plastic trash from the landfill in the Ampara district over the last eight years.

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As Grand Haven has long been and continues to be a destination for vacationers – especially the beach in the summer – pollution is a consistent problem.

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Michigan agency: Bird flu found in backyard flock

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After a century of use for saw milling, 60 years as a municipal dump site and 70 years as a coal-fired power plant, the city of Grand Haven is making a push to renew Harbor Island and restore it to productive use.

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The results of a state agency’s investigation into contaminated water and groundwater on and near the site of the former power plant on Harbor Island came back Wednesday, and the majority of the tested locations show high levels of one more PFAS-like substances.

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You can help save Grand Haven’s trees and have fun doing it. At least, that is the aim of the Adopt-a-Hemlock charity started by a father and son team, Lawrence and Nathan Burns.

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ROBINSON TWP. — The ice jam that has caused minor flooding along the Grand River has moved farther downriver, lessening the threat of more severe flooding in the area.