Editorial: Our Great Lakes deserve a group effort to protect them
Taken separately, the threats to the health of the Great Lakes are enough to raise alarm.
Together they are a crisis, the root of which we must recognize and take seriously.
Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, fertilizer, pesticides, microplastics, water withdrawal, toxic algae, botulism, invasive species, sewage leaks â they all damage the Great Lakes every day.
And they all sprout from the same root cause: us.
Every major threat to the health of the Great Lakes finds its origin in our activities. Our carelessness.
Individually, each of those problems is a serious challenge, and many are being addressed in a somewhat disconnected array of efforts. And it seems with each passing month, there is a new catastrophe brewing.
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A major error by the state of Michigan may lead to panic for nearly 650,000 residents who could be forced to pay back unemployment benefits they ve received during the pandemic.
The Detroit News and Mlive report that 648,100 people will be asked to resubmit paperwork and could be forced to repay some of their unemployment benefits because of unapproved qualification criteria which have been developed by a state agency.
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Unemployment recipients were asked to check one of four boxes indicating why they have been qualified for benefits. Workers who are part-time, self-employed, or considered gig workers may have been erroneously told that they qualify for benefits.
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650K Michiganders could have to repay COVID unemployment benefits due to error wxyz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wxyz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.