{"id":2444,"count":1286,"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Michigan Environment Watch<\/strong> examines how public policy, industry, and other factors interact with the state\u2019s trove of natural resources.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-62680-large alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GLNC_sm_0.jpeg\" alt=\"Great Lakes News Cooperative\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" \/>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Great Lakes News Collaborative<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"u-flex u-flex-col\" style=\"text-align: left\">\r\n\r\nBridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television, The Narwhal and Michigan Public work together to report on the most pressing threats to the Great Lakes region\u2019s water. This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. You can find all of the collaborative\u2019s stories <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/tag\/great-lakes-news-collaborative\/\">here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72670\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Shockwave-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Shockwave<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Great Lakes region is in the midst of a seismic energy shakeup, from skyrocketing data center demand and a nuclear energy boom, to expanding renewables and electrification. 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