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Alex HillAuthorsBuffaloFeature HomepageLake ErieLake MichiganLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchMapping the Great Lakes: Snowfall in the snowbelt
-Another environmental oddity of the Great Lakes region is the existence of snowbelts or large areas impacted by lake effect snow.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.
-Blame the Great Lakes and climate change for Michigan’s dreary winters.
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APFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudy: Toxic PFAS chemical plume detected in Green Bay
-Toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsMichigan tribes, state reach tentative deal on Great Lakes fishing access
-Under the deal, tribal fishers could use gillnets in more places to cope with declining whitefish populations.
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APBudgetEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesNo federal aid to restart Michigan nuclear power plant
-The federal government has turned down a request for financial aid to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, the owner said.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDetroitEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature DetroitFreightersHistory and CultureLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksDetroit church to remember sailors lost on the Great Lakes
-Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFresh off Palisades closure, Michigan will study state’s nuclear prospects
-While the owner considers whether to reopen the nuclear plant, Michigan will study whether new plants could make environmental sense.
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Alex HillChicagoFeature HomepageIllinoisLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksTourismMapping the Great Lakes: Underwater discoveries await
-Hundreds of shipwrecks have been mapped out but researchers believe more are out there.
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AdvocacyAPChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBP reaches $2.75M deal over Indiana refinery pollution
-Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated emissions violations.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe CatchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe Catch: Coal ash regulation
-“The EPA has indicated that they’re going to take a more active approach going forward with the sites that are regulated under their current rules.”
