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Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Industry, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Quiz, Recreation and Tourism, Region

Surf and Turf: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz

by Anna Sysling, Great Lakes Now November 4, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: High levels of “forever chemicals” found in pesticides, artificial turf

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now October 4, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

by Circle of Blue September 27, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, The States, Water Quality

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

by Circle of Blue September 22, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indiana, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

by Circle of Blue September 15, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Drinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

by Circle of Blue September 13, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Climate Change, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

by Circle of Blue September 8, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Detroit River, Drinking Water, Featured, Industry, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Ohio, PBS, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, St. Clair River, Water Quality

“The Erie Situation” – and beyond

by GLN Editor September 1, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Latest News, New York, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality

In the Finger Lakes, a bitcoin mining plant billed as ‘green’ has a dirty coal ash problem

by Sruthi Gopalakrishnan August 25, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Featured, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Veteran algal bloom scientist calls on EPA to shift priorities from focus on practices to outcomes

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 17, 2022November 9, 2025

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  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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