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Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research

Warmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish

by WBEZ January 8, 2024
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Group launches campaign to overturn Michigan solar siting law

by Bridge Michigan January 5, 2024
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Points North: The turtle takeover

by Interlochen Public Radio January 5, 2024November 8, 2025
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Michigan group looks to grow a statewide coalition for water affordability

by Planet Detroit January 3, 2024
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‘A valuable resource’: Traverse City restaurants aim to reduce food waste, greenhouse gases

by Interlochen Public Radio January 2, 2024November 8, 2025
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PFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ awareness lacking among U.S. adults

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 2, 2024
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Book Review: Author Sue Leaf’s latest takes a philosophical look at life on Lake Superior’s South Shore

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 2, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Biden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires, pests

by The Associated Press December 29, 2023
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Upper Peninsula tribe closer to compensation for land seized by the U.S. government

by Michigan Public December 29, 2023
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Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”

by Great Lakes Now December 22, 2023

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  • Winter road salt is threatening Lake Simcoe and Ontario watersheds year-round
    Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
  • Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
  • Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.

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