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FreightersGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsShipping and PortsThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Funding Boost: EPA gives Great Lakes extra $20 million but state funding at risk
-The money is targeted at toxic hotspot cleanups and ballast water treatment research.
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COVID-19Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGeorge ElkindLake ErieLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Regulation During COVID-19: Canadian, U.S. agencies lighten monitoring priorities
-Oil companies successfully request lighter oversight amid coronavirus pandemic. Farmers support the move.
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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFreightersIllinoisIndianaJohn HartigLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaPolicyProtectScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsin
Great Lakes Moment: Earth Day turns 50
-Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig shares his own memories of the first Earth Day and the changes he’s noticed in the nature around him since then.
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COVID-19FreightersIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsLorraine BoissoneaultNewsU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Shipping Continues: Great Lakes shipping season opens with extra social distancing
-Great Lakes shipping hasn’t been stopped by the coronavirus, even as the industry waits to see how it will be impacted in the long term.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Tighter Restrictions: COVID-19 makes it harder to cross Great Lakes borders between U.S. and Canada
-Customers who attempt to pay with cash at the Blue Water Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel will be turned away.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingCOVID-19Island BasketballLake ErieLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOhioOntarioPolicyProtectRecreation and TourismSharon OosthoekTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsin
Taking It in Stride: How Great Lakes islanders are weathering the COVID-19 storm
-The tourism that usually rises around this time is on hold, but residents are battening down with ease.
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Cutting Contact: U.S. and Canada cut cash transactions and non-essential travel at border
-At the Blue Water Bridge, International Bridge, Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and Mackinac Bridge, tolls will stop taking cash.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeLake ErieLake Erie-EPAMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Grants seek market-based reductions of Great Lakes pollution
-Federal grants totaling more than $1.8 million are being awarded for projects using market-based approaches to reduce algal bloom-causing nutrient pollution in the Great Lakes.
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AdvocacyEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIan WendrowIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Great Lakes Energy News Roundup: Ontario politicians on energy, energy monitoring in St. Paul, farmers growing solar
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in this fortnightly headline roundup.