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Posted inAP, Article, Budget, Climate Change, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

EPA head Regan defends $20B green bank: ‘I feel really good about this program’

by The Associated Press April 5, 2024
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Sault tribe challenges Michigan fishing deal, chides ‘preposterous’ rules

by Bridge Michigan April 4, 2024
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Nibi Chronicles: The nation-to-nation fight against extractivism

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now March 28, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Judge holds Flint in contempt for continued lead pipe replacement delays

by Bridge Michigan March 14, 2024
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Faced with COVID-era civil rights complaints, Chicago commits to environmental justice

by Great Lakes Echo February 14, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inDetroit, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Parts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse

by Planet Detroit January 30, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Upper Peninsula tribe closer to compensation for land seized by the U.S. government

by Michigan Public December 29, 2023
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, History and Culture, Infrastructure, Interview, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”

by Great Lakes Now December 22, 2023
Posted inAdvocacy, Climate Change, Detroit, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Flint, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

TED Countdown: Musician Tunde Olaniran from Flint, Michigan on the role of art in the climate crisis

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now July 20, 2023
Posted inDetroit, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, TED

TED Countdown: Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice executive director Laprisha Berry Daniels on providing support, preparing for future

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now July 19, 2023

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