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State and local leaders have monitored the contamination from industrial chemicals for more than 20 years. More funding is needed, officials said last week, to provide connections to public drinking water.

The move by tribes follows the Whitmer administration's request for a state agency to review the same permits using new guidance from a Michigan Supreme Court ruling.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the court ruling directs the state to “more thoroughly scrutinize” the plan to encase a segment of the pipeline in a tunnel buried beneath the Straits of Mackinac — and that should include reviews of permits that were already issued.

State regulators plan to issue a key water discharge permit for the Line 5 tunnel, they announced Tuesday. Enbridge Energy is still awaiting key federal and state approvals expected this year.

State and national groups aim to cut battery fires and recover more critical minerals.

AmeriCorps provides paid community service jobs that span a wide range of fields, from disaster recovery to education.

The clock will start on public comment at the end of May, but with half as much time — 30 days instead of 60.

Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.

The lake association alleges Benzonia Township failed to permit the housing development correctly, causing environmental damage.

In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.