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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Energy News Roundup, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Who We Are and What We Do

Energy News Roundup: State senators advocate for ‘community solar’ projects, proposed natural gas plant gets renewed scrutiny

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 23, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: When a bass is not a bass

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 18, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

PFAS News Roundup: Indiana senators scrap bill that would change definition of polyfluoroalkyl substances in favor of manufacturers

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 12, 2024
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Energy News Roundup: Chicago organization to build geothermal heating and cooling in south side alleys

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 7, 2024
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PFAS News Roundup: UW-Stevens Point researchers look to plants to solve PFAS contamination

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 28, 2024
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Energy News Roundup: Tribal leaders appear at a federal courthouse in Chicago to challenge Line 5

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 22, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Bringing muskie to the masses

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 19, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Science, Technology, Research

Want a healthy walleye fishery? Stock some muskie

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

PFAS News Roundup: CDC encourages doctors to start testing for PFAS

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 13, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

PFAS News Roundup: Researchers fear PFAS factory air emissions contribute to widespread contamination in North Carolina

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 31, 2024

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