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Category: Lake Michigan

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

New Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Minnesota’s 2040 carbon-free energy bill, coal ash crackdown continues

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 9, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Lakes Michigan and Huron join list of lakes with PFAS-tainted smelt

by Bridge Michigan February 2, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Snowfall in the snowbelt

by Alex Hill January 23, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Michigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.

by Bridge Michigan January 18, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ in Lake Michigan

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 17, 2023
Posted inClimate Change, Commercial Fishing, Culture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Michigan tribes, state reach tentative deal on Great Lakes fishing access

by Bridge Michigan December 28, 2022
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Fresh off Palisades closure, Michigan will study state’s nuclear prospects

by Bridge Michigan October 3, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Underwater discoveries await

by Alex Hill September 26, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Region, The Catch, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Coal ash regulation

by Great Lakes Now September 12, 2022

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  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
  • Refuge in the Windy City: Declining wetland bird makes a home in downtown Chicago
    While urbanization continues to displace natural ecosystems across the Great Lakes region, one declining wetland bird has managed to adapt to city life — the black-crowned night heron.

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