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Freighter Mystery: Can you help Great Lakes Now with more clues to identify people and places in a historic film?

by GLN Editor March 29, 2021
Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Freighters, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan is on thin ice. Get used to it, climate experts say.

by Bridge Michigan February 2, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, COVID-19, Freighters, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Natasha Blakely, News, Shipping and Ports, Who We Are and What We Do

Stalled Ships: Shipping industry looks to infrastructure investments to boost demand

by Natasha Blakely January 26, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, COVID-19, Drinking Water, Freighters, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, History and Culture, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 1, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Fish, Birds and Animals, Freighters, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, Infrastructure, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Got Pike? Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Superior, yes. Erie, not so much.

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now December 23, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Freighters, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Q&A: What Michigan’s move to shut down Enbridge Line 5 means

by Bridge Michigan November 16, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Freighters, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The States

Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline

by The Associated Press November 13, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Authors, Freighters, History and Culture, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Latest News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Dave Spangler: Lake Erie loses tireless full-time advocate

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now October 28, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Freighters, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Michigan, News, Region

Judge: Michigan agency can evaluate Great Lakes tunnel plan

by The Associated Press October 26, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Freighters, Gary Wilson, History and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Latest News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, Shipping and Ports, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Freighters: The latest on navigation, locks and icebreakers

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now October 21, 2020

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