Sale of Proposed MI Dams Sale to Private Equity Rejected

The Judge’s Proposed Final Decision is well reasoned

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Michigan Judge Guts Updates to Factory Farm Permit

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Don’t Pass on Gas: ELPC Lawsuit Targets Curtailing Methane

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Rolling Back Clean Car Standards will Affect Midwest Air

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Wisconsin Communities Speak Out to Defend Roadless Woods

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65 Groups Call to Protect Public Lands & Reject Bad Interior Bill

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Next Stop: Public Ownership? Chicago Moves Closer to Buying its Intercity Bus Terminal

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Judge Rules that Consumers Hydro Dam Sale Should be Rejected

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Environmental Organizations File Objection to U.S. Forest Service UP Project

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Hold the EPA Accountable for Safe and Clean Iowa Waterways | Opinion

Des Moines Register

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From Toxic Dump to Future Park: A Landmark Victory for Chicago’s Southeast Side

This is a victory for protecting environmental justice communities, for protecting Lake Michigan and our clean drinking water, and for transforming industrial sites into new lakefront parks.

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