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National PFAS limits

by Great Lakes Now May 8, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, Habitat Restoration, Hamilton, History and Culture, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Sharon Oosthoek, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Book Club: Celebrating environmental success stories in the Great Lakes

by Sharon Oosthoek May 5, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Flush with cash, Michigan lawmakers try again to pass state septic code

by Bridge Michigan May 4, 2023
Posted inAP, Article, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region

For open water swimmers, even chilly, choppy water beckons

by The Associated Press May 4, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: West Michigan is showing PFAS levels higher than the national average

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now May 3, 2023
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice

U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

by Circle of Blue May 2, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Line 5 negotiations in Michigan, funding for clean energy in Illinois

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now May 2, 2023
Posted inAP, Article, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Detroit, Featured, Freighters, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Toronto

Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

by The Associated Press May 2, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Habitat Restoration, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science Says What, Science, Technology, Research, Sharon Oosthoek, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Science Says What? What’s up with dissolved organic carbon (AKA why is my local stream murky?)

by Sharon Oosthoek April 27, 2023
Posted inAP, Article, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, The States

Company seeks first-time restart of shuttered nuclear plant

by The Associated Press April 27, 2023

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