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Michigan’s New Rules To Protect Water From Manure Attacked By Lawmakers
- by Circle of Blue

State is a center of manure biodigester development.

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?
- by Inside Climate News

As aquifers dry up, some Midwest communities are looking to the region’s greatest natural resources for a solution. A 2008 law governs access to it—with an exemption for Illinois.

Waves of Change: Meet Just Transition Northwest Indiana executive director Ashley Williams
- by Great Lakes Now

Ashley Williams is committed to realizing a just and equitable transition for her community.

How do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?
- by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.

PFAS Roundup: Minnesota PFAS regulation said to be the strictest
- by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.

Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.
- by WBEZ

Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.

Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin
- by Staci Lola Drouillard

The rice harvest — manoominike — has officially started across Ojibwe country. Columnist Staci Lola Drouillard talks with her cousin about harvesting and processing wild rice, as well as the importance of water quality for growing “the good berry.”

Points North: The Last to Leave
- by Interlochen Public Radio

A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by a beetle called the emerald ash borer. But in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this be the key to saving ash from extinction?

Traverse City lawyer gets national recognition for making economic arguments against coal
- by Interlochen Public Radio

Chris Bzdok has argued that utility customers shouldn’t have to pay for coal infrastructure, because the investment isn’t worth it in the long run.

Groundwater: Who’s in charge?
- by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now

As groundwater resources are increasingly under threat in the U.S. — including the Great Lakes region — regulation, oversight and planning for the long-term are diffused and often lacking.

Wisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior
- by Great Lakes Echo

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms.

 

The Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit PBS in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and Canada, the magazine-style show brings viewers stories about the recreational, economic, scientific, political and environmental issues related to the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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