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"What A Fracking-Waste Dispute Says About Ohio’s Energy Double Standard" [1]

"Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [12], 01/15/2026
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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [13]

"Arsenic and lead are among the contaminants found at dozens of Detroit neighborhood demolition sites, according to the first round of test results released by the city late last month amid state and local investigations — at least one criminal — into potentially toxic dirt used as backfill across hundreds of vacant lots."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Waste [15]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Detroit Free Press [16], 01/14/2026
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"Trump Administration Moves To Reverse Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters" [17]

"The Trump administration and northeast Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber are taking action to end a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area that was imposed three years ago under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: MPR [23], 01/13/2026
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"How Community Solar Turned A Superfund Site Into Savings In Illinois" [24]

"A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [8]
Waste [15]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [27], 01/12/2026
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"Ohio Utility Corruption Defendants To SCOTUS: Bribes Are Free Speech" [28]

"The only two individuals who have stood trial for their role in the largest utility corruption scandal in Ohio’s history have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their cases and reverse their convictions."

Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [30], 01/09/2026
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Lansing Could Get A "Bubble Barrier" To Clean Grand River Plastic Pollution [31]

"Researchers at Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University are collaborating to find out if a “bubble barrier” would effectively collect trash in the Grand River."

Fish & Fisheries [19]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: WKAR [32], 01/07/2026
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"Ohio’s Largest Utility Pushes To Slash Rooftop Solar Compensation" [33]

"The state’s Public Utilities Commission will decide this year whether to keep its solar net-metering rules in place or to dilute them, per AEP Ohio’s request."

Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [34], 01/07/2026
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"Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells" [35]

"Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private wells, urging residents to get their water tested."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/05/2026
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Federal Judge Blocks Whitmer From Shutting Down Pipeline Under Great Lakes [37]

"A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘s attempt to shut down an aging oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, finding that only the federal government can regulate interstate pipeline safety."

Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Canada [39]
Source: AP [40], 12/19/2025
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A Town Derailed, a Trust Obtained [41]

The devastating 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, toxic train derailment left a legacy of illness and a town torn by competing understandings of the contamination’s aftereffects. A yearlong reporting initiative with photojournalist Rebecca Kiger and Time magazine writer Alejandro de la Garza worked to gain the community’s confidence and tell its story. Their prize-winning feature, in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

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People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [46]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [9]
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