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Energy News Roundup: $400 Million hydrogen fuel plant coming to Michigan, U.N. panel recommends shutting down Line 5

ByGreat Lakes Now

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Jury convicts all four defendants in ComEd bribery trial — and fires a warning shot at Michael Madigan — Chicago-Sun Times

A jury finds all four defendants guilty of bribery conspiracy in a case involving former ComEd executives accused of arranging jobs, contracts and money for allies of former democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for favorable legislation.

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A new mayor is set to take the helm in South Bruce. Coun. Mark Goetz was elected mayor with nearly double the votes of the other two candidates — current mayor Robert Buckle and Rita Groen — receiving 788 votes each. The fate of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed deep geological repository for Canada’s […]

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New plan seeks to prevent and respond to home takeovers

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The Grey Bruce Health Unit is spearheading a collective response to concerns about home takeovers, where unwanted guests take over someone’s home. There are no statistics showing the scale of the problem, initially raised by Grey County public housing staff a year ago, who were seeing it happen in county housing, public health nurse Lisa […]