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Great Lakes Now Virtual Field Trip

by GLN Editor April 1, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, COVID-19, Cruise Ships, Freighters, History and Culture, Ian Wendrow, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Shipping and Ports, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Cruises Continue Amid COVID-19: Uncertainty mars but doesn’t stop Great Lakes cruises

by Ian Wendrow April 1, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Chicago, COVID-19, Illinois, Lake Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Lack of social distancing leads to closure of parks, trails in Chicago and elsewhere

by The Associated Press March 30, 2020November 9, 2025
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Chicago mayor thinking about closing city trails, parks

by The Associated Press March 26, 2020November 9, 2025
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Great Lakes Learning: Join us online to learn more on teaching about this amazing freshwater system

by Gary Abud Jr. March 25, 2020November 9, 2025
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Great Lakes Learning: Introducing some resources for remote teaching

by Gary Abud Jr. March 23, 2020November 9, 2025
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Piping Plovers: Film fest spotlights endangered bird’s return to Chicago’s Lake Michigan shore

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 5, 2020November 9, 2025
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Ask a Teacher

by GLN Editor March 1, 2020
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Review ordered of Indiana’s Lake Michigan shore damage

by The Associated Press February 21, 2020
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Before and After: High water levels at Michigan lighthouse

by Ric Mixter February 21, 2020

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  • What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.
    Cleveland-Cliffs won a federal grant to install hydrogen-ready tech. Now, it wants to revamp its Middletown blast furnace, raising questions about its use of funds.
  • Spore loser: the DIY mushroom-growing trend invading Ontario forests
    Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native mushrooms.
  • The northern Michigan ice storm battered the electric grid. Is burying power lines the solution?
    It's been a year since the devastating ice storm. Poles and wires have since been replaced, but some residents wonder whether it makes more sense to bury them out of the reach of increasingly damaging snow, wind and ice.

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