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Posted inDrinking Water, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Grand Rapids, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: EPA approved PFAS use for fracking, $20M for Ontario airport cleanup, PFAS Action Act set for House vote

by Noah Bock July 19, 2021
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

I Speak for the Fish: Mussel memory, the race to save an endangered species

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now July 19, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

Great Lakes surfers to Michigan: Don’t close beaches during rough waves

by Bridge Michigan July 16, 2021
Posted inAP, Article, Asian Carp, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish

by The Associated Press July 16, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Sandra Svoboda, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Birds on Film: Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about Chicago’s piping plovers with Great Lakes Now

by Sandra Svoboda July 15, 2021
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How much should lawyers make in the Flint water crisis settlement?

by Bridge Michigan July 15, 2021
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

People ignore drowning warnings, so Michigan may close Great Lakes beaches

by Bridge Michigan July 15, 2021
Posted inAP, Article, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Groundwater Contamination, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

‘Some crumbs’: Critics urge rejection of $641M Flint deal

by The Associated Press July 14, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Featured, Great Lakes Echo, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Researchers find relationship between invasive zebra mussels, toxic algae

by Great Lakes Echo July 13, 2021
Posted inAP, Article, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Illinois sues owner of plant where fire prompted evacuations

by The Associated Press July 12, 2021

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