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		<title>Great Lakes coastal wetlands improve after invasive species removal, study finds</title>
		<link>https://greatlakesecho.org/2026/10/30/great-lakes-coastal-wetlands-improve-after-invasive-species-removal-study-finds/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Ironside]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Anna Ironside

Recent research on Great Lakes coastal wetlands suggests native plant communities can respond quickly after invasive phragmites australis is removed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Family’s roadside assistance saves 16 snapping turtles </title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Samantha Plunkett

Turtle conservation is important because the reptiles can take two decades to reproduce. One Battle Creek family saw this firsthand when they saved turtle eggs from a road.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Data center tensions simmer across Michigan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Capital News Service]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Alexander Boesch

The expansion of hyperscale data centers in the state is inflaming tensions between some community residents and their governments as local officials balance the unpopularity of data centers, the economic pressure from corporations and the limits of local authority.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Environmental experts worry federal changes may harm Michigan wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Naomi Maxwell

Michigan environmental experts say they're worried about the state's threatened and endangered species due to changes in federal policies.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tips for making peace with chipmunks around your home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Olivia O'Neill

Michigan property owners are voicing concerns about property damage caused by chipmunks.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Marissa Gonzalez

Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Clean water advocates worry about data center impact on drinking water</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Hannah Marsik

Stormwater runoff at data center sites is another environmental challenge developers are facing because it contains particulates harmful to the public and the ecosystem, critics say. Amidst growing public concerns about possible adverse climate effects of data centers, they say the lesser-known threat in stormwater runoff and waste could prove as dangerous.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Katee Tompkins

Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Debate continues over short-term rentals versus affordable housing needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Olivia O’Neill

Many local governments in and away from popular vacation destinations are wrestling with how to balance economic benefits of short-term rentals to accommodate visitors and a shortage of affordable long-term housing.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How El Niño Could Affect Fall Colors in the Great Lakes Region</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyrmyzy Turebayeva]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

This year, El Niño could delay fall color in the Great Lakes region.]]></description>
		
		
		
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