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Electric Rates Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Michigan Utilities [1]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: E&E News [13], 12/01/2025
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Electricity Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Mich. Utilities [14]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: E&E News [13], 11/26/2025
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"Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies" [16]

"Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor."

Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: NYTimes [19], 11/25/2025
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Student Journalists, Adviser Take on University Censorship [20]

If it’s a journalism feel-good story you need heading into the holiday season, peek over the shoulder of the Ernie Pyle statue to the hall that houses the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington. Inside, you’ll find the heroes of the Indiana Daily Student, who, with the help of fellow journalists, stood up to suppression. WatchDog Opinion shares their inspirational story.

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"Trump Refused To Send Disaster Aid To Chicago After 2 Devastating Storms" [24]

"President Donald Trump, who has assailed Illinois’ governor and its largest city, denied disaster aid to thousands of Chicago residents even though his administration documented extraordinary damage from two major storms this summer, records obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News show."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
People & Population [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: E&E News [27], 11/20/2025
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Seasonal Underground Energy Storage in Twin Cities: Old Technology Revived [28]

"Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal: storing hot water for months at a time in an aquifer several hundred feet below ground."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [8]
Technology [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 11/17/2025
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Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations [31]

"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."

Air [32]
Chemicals [33]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [26]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: AP [36], 11/14/2025
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"Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds" [37]

"A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [38]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: WBEZ [40], 11/14/2025
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"In Ohio, Hydrogen Industry Presses On Despite Federal Uncertainty" [41]

"Trump has pulled billions in funding for hydrogen, a sector that was already on shaky ground. Projects in Ohio are chugging along anyway."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [34]
Technology [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Canary Media [42], 11/07/2025
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Sludge Is Used As Fertilizer Across Wisconsin. How Much Is Tainted By PFAS? [43]

"Sludge and septage are spread across around half a million acres statewide, but most of it has never been tested for PFAS"

Agriculture [44]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [45], 11/03/2025
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