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Posted inEnergy News Roundup, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Energy News Roundup: Renewable energy fuels major economic payoffs in rural Indiana, Amazon announces its first Michigan solar farm project

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now November 30, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, Latest News, News, Science Says What, Science, Technology, Research, Sharon Oosthoek, Who We Are and What We Do

Science Says What? Global worming and the Great Lakes (yes, you read that right)

by Sharon Oosthoek November 30, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, James Proffitt, Latest News, News, Who We Are and What We Do

New York state sues Pepsico over plastic pollution in Buffalo

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now November 29, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Remaking Port Milwaukee into a Great Lakes trade hub

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now November 29, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Michigan could implement ambitious clean energy mandates and have carbon-free electricity by 2040

by The Associated Press November 28, 2023
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

After a pandemic pause, Detroit restarts water shut-offs – part of a nationwide trend as costs rise

by The Conversation November 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, News, Waves of Change

Waves of Change: Meet Executive Director Alicia Smith

by Great Lakes Now November 28, 2023
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Points North: Ghost towns lost and found

by Interlochen Public Radio November 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Brian Owens, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

We’re going to need a bigger fishbowl

by Brian Owens, Great Lakes Now November 22, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Who We Are and What We Do

The Four Sisters: Bangs, Lugalette, Bannock and Frybread

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now November 21, 2023

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