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Wildfire Rampage Injures Lungs in the Great Lakes
-People are unprepared for smoke from forest fires worsened by intense drought and heat.
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago groups spotlight the city’s water “abundance,” focus on innovation, collaboration as key to its future
-“Innovation is integral to delivering on all of our water priorities,” says top executive. What about conservation?
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Feature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPFAS News RoundupPFAS News Roundup: White House official visits Minnesota high school in town known as “ground zero” for PFAS
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan author reflects on 20th anniversary of landmark book The Living Great Lakes
-Author Jerry Dennis revisits his sailing journey from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean where he searched for “the heart of the inland seas.”
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New study: Great Lakes beaches are littered with plastic trash
-A group analyzed 20 years of beach cleanup data, finding that 86% of litter is composed at least partially of plastic.
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AuthorsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
PFAS News Roundup: PFAS are shown to be unique bipartisan voting concern in Wisconsin
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Michigan gets $290M boost for water upgrades as Flint crisis anniversary nears
-Money from a bond voters authorized in 2002 is a big one-time boost for Michigan’s crumbling water infrastructure, but state officials say more is needed.
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CollaborationFoodGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPFASRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGood news for Michigan smelt season: PFAS levels lower than feared
-State officials warned against eating too much of the silvery panfish due to high PFAS levels. Scientists now say that was an error, but aren’t yet ready to abandon fish consumption advisories altogether.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeLine 5 activist group wants Gov. Whitmer to “be an advocate” for shutdown
-In a late move, the Department of Justice sides with Canada on continued operation of Line 5, citing treaty and the public’s interest.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS News Roundup: Landmark EPA decision implements first nation-wide PFAS limit in drinking water
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
