John Flesher
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Correspondent, The Associated Press
Traverse City, Michigan
Joined January 2009
Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US
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Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United...
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More than half of North American bat species are at risk of serious decline in the next 15 years. A scientific report blames climate change, habitat loss, wind turbine collisions and a disease called white-nose syndrome. https://t.co/bDvys0xQpJ
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Scientists say many North American bats are in trouble. A report by experts from the U.S., Canada and Mexico released Monday says more than half of the continent's 154 bat species are at risk of...
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Controversy over waste disposal from the East Palestine, Ohio, train crash highlights an unpleasant truth: Lots of things people make and do create hazardous waste, and it has to go somewhere. https://t.co/GcCk6S98fO
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When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians...
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Ain’t that the truth.
Baseball is back! Humphrey Bogart was a huge fan of baseball, and of hot dogs! 😃 #OpeningDay #OpeningDayLA @MLB @MLBONFOX @MLBNetwork @Dodgers
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My story from East Palestine, Ohio, where one family's struggles reflect a community's pain. https://t.co/yaKYIKoeLT
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Heather Bable speaks rapidly, recalling the terror of the night when a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed less than a half-mile from her home in East Palesti...
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Another shipwreck discovery ... this one with a particularly sad backstory. The Great Lakes can be a perilous place for mariners. https://t.co/3Uryv9Hhev
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Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, a freight...
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New proposed regulation seeks more deals with private landowners to protect endangered species -- but some individual animals would die. https://t.co/RBptKusFrC
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The Biden administration plans changes in federal regulations to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if their actions kill or harm...
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U.S. wildlife officials are delaying increased protections for two imperiled bird and bat species after congressional Republicans voiced objections. https://t.co/XpGh6xtOij
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The Biden administration is temporarily delaying legal protections for two imperiled species after getting pushback from congressional Republicans. The U.S.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering tougher regulation of large livestock farms that release fertilizers and manure into waterways, causing harmful algae blooms and other pollution. https://t.co/8O7xGHQJ6x
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that pollute waterways.
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A bat species ravaged by fungal disease is on the verge of extinction. https://t.co/8nYFABVnQd
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The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. Officials say that the bat's situation has worsened since it was classified as threatened in 2015.
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It's understandable that ever-larger wildfires would pose a threat to land animals. But fish, too? Check out our AP report from the New Mexico mountains. https://t.co/IsSZr79J3r
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AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp and plopped onto the grassy bank of Middle...
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