Featured Archives - Great Lakes Now

History and Culture

Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Public Radio March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

The Great Lakes are seeing a “golden age” of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.

Industry, Energy, Economic Development

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.

by Grist March 9, 2026March 10, 2026

Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Climate change is worsening water crisis for Canada’s largest First Nations population

by Mia Litzenberg, Great Lakes Now March 4, 2026March 10, 2026

Science, Technology, Research

A network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds

by WBEZ March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

by The Conversation March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

‘So still, so quiet’: Lake Erie, frozen in a moment of time

by The Narwhal February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

A nuclear shift buoyed by billions, and the waters of the Great Lakes

by Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Great Lakes News Collaborative

The energy boom is coming for Great Lakes water

by Brett Walton, Circle of Blue February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Industry, Energy, Economic Development

Michigan accuses oil companies of blocking EVs, inflating power costs

by Nicole Pollack, Great Lakes Now February 10, 2026February 10, 2026

New ice cover data offers insight into whitefish declines, climate change

by Interlochen Public Radio February 4, 2026February 4, 2026