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Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

PFAS: All fish in Michigan’s Huron River unsafe to eat

by Mary Ellen Geist September 5, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Commercial Fishing, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, News, Ohio, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Resource, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Big Water, Big Money… But “Algae”

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now September 5, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

The Great Lakes on Drugs

by Mary Ellen Geist August 29, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Trump’s EPA takes steps to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 27, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes States Follow Michigan’s PFAS lead

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 20, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Resource, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How bad is Michigan’s PFAS problem?

by Mary Ellen Geist August 17, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Protect, Resource, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

The Risk analysis report is out. Now it’s your turn to weigh in on Line 5.

by Mary Ellen Geist August 14, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBudget, Climate Change, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research

Great Lakes States accelerate legal action against Trump’s environmental moves

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 13, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism

Great Lakes Beach Trash

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 10, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan’s PFAS problem: “Nobody saw it coming”

by Mary Ellen Geist August 8, 2018November 9, 2025

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