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Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Lake Erie, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

by Circle of Blue September 20, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

by Circle of Blue September 15, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, The Catch, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Coal ash regulation

by Great Lakes Now September 12, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Algae Blooms, Cleveland, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Cleveland water organization looking to support business innovation beyond Lake Erie

by Sandra Svoboda September 12, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Quiz, Region

Poisonous Ponds: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz

by Anna Sysling, Great Lakes Now September 10, 2022
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The Catch

Lincoln Stone Quarry and coal ash

by Great Lakes Now September 8, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Coal Ash Project, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

To excavate or not to excavate: With toxic coal ash, that is the question

by Hayley Starshak and Mrinali Dhembla August 29, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Interview, Latest News, Michigan, News, One Detroit, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

“Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash” featured on One Detroit program

by GLN Editor August 26, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Chicago, Coal Ash Project, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Coal ash contaminating groundwater near Joliet to stay, despite residents’ and activists’ concerns

by Sarah Aie August 26, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Coal Ash Project, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, New York, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

In the Finger Lakes, a bitcoin mining plant billed as ‘green’ has a dirty coal ash problem

by Sruthi Gopalakrishnan August 25, 2022November 9, 2025

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