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Category: Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice

Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Flint, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

No more free bottled water for Flint

by Mary Ellen Geist April 10, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Potash: Another Great Lakes water withdrawal

by Mary Ellen Geist March 28, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Budget, Invasive Species, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Trump signs budget bill with $300 million for the Great Lakes

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 26, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Article, Audio, Budget, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Ohio EPA calls western Lake Erie ‘impaired’

by Great Lakes Today March 23, 2018
Posted inBudget, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Drilling underway near the Line 5 Pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac

by Mary Ellen Geist March 16, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Water wars resume in Wisconsin over Foxconn deal

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 12, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes advocates hit D.C. to pitch for funding and priorities

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 7, 2018
Posted inBudget, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect

Water alliance takes case for investment to Capitol Hill

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 6, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAsian Carp, Budget, Invasive Species, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research

Former Great Lakes exec campaigns for “wholistic” approach to water issues

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 26, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inArticle, Budget, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Grassroots water advocates, Midwest cities at odds on lead

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 19, 2018November 10, 2025

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    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
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    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.

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