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Algae BloomsAPDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
One-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984
-Only about 5% of U.S. river mileage is considered blue — a color often equated with pristine waters by the general public.
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Asian CarpBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNews
Michigan, Illinois sign agreement to build Asian Carp barrier
-There are already electric barriers to stop Asian Carp. This new one will be more complex and the first line of defense.
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APAsian CarpBudgetChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fish
-Michigan, Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed on funding the next phase of an initiative to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by strengthening defenses on a Chicago-area waterway, officials said Thursday.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and Technology
Unexploded Ordnance: Lake Erie shoreline site of long-term munitions study
-Of the millions of munitions buried in the bed of Lake Erie, only a small percentage will surface. But that small percentage still holds a large risk of the munitions being live or containing explosives.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Years After Flint Water Crisis, Lead Lingers in School Buildings Across the Nation
-In its 2021 budget, Congress included millions for lead testing in schools, where children are still exposed to the toxic metal.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
President signs Great Lakes mapping bill into law
-The last time some of these maps were updated was back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Demands for change, requests for information pertaining to Flint water settlement
-Activist Jasmine Hall started demands to get residents more money and resources out of the settlement, and Attorney Loyst Fletcher has requested for residents to get more information.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Great Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Drinking WaterFreightersGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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COVID-19Great Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourism
2020 Really Sucked. What’s Up Next? I don’t know.
-A frequent theme of my GLN articles – and others’ – this year was the Crazy-19 virus.