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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingClevelandClimate ChangeCOVID-19Feature ClevelandIndianaLatest NewsNewsOhioOntarioRecreation, Tourism and CultureTourismWisconsinSummertime Spike: Great Lakes parks a source of balm and vexation for many during COVID-19
-This summer, pandemic-weary residents on both sides of the border flocked to national, state and provincial parks – many for the first time.
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COVID-19Equity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDrinking Water News Roundup: Illinois COVID-19 shutoff protections, Ontario First Nation evacuation
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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CollaborationCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAnother casualty of COVID: testing for lead poisoning in Michigan
-During the pandemic, the number of children being tested for lead poisoning has been cut in half.
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CollaborationCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts
-The state is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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CollaborationCOVID-19Latest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHouse Democrats Ask CDC to Halt Water Shutoffs during the Pandemic
-CDC already moved to suspend evictions. Could water service be the next target for a national moratorium?
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCOVID-19DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation, Tourism and CultureWisconsinTrash Fish: Marine debris becomes sculptures at Great Lakes aquariums and museums
-Throughout the Great Lakes region, local organizations have created trash sculpture displays to educate the public.
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EMU to test campus wastewater for COVID-19
-The testing, part of the school’s return-to-campus plan, is intended to track the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater flowing from residence halls and apartment complexes.
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Sturgeon Stocking: COVID-19 puts pause on popular sturgeon release program
-The program, slated to stock 3,000 lake sturgeon in the Maumee River each autumn for the next two decades, will continue next year.
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Great Lakes Energy News Roundup: Ohio nuclear bailout bill repeal, COVID-19 energy crises in Michigan
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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Michigan House OKs spending on jobless benefits, flood costs
-Included in the bill is $6 million that would be a match for federal funds to clean up and respond to the Midland dam failure in May.
