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Posted inCommercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Small portions: Michigan puts PFAS advisory on Lake Superior rainbow smelt

by Bridge Michigan March 31, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey

by Great Lakes Echo March 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: Best tasting water in the world in Ohio, nation’s worst waterways in Indiana

by Maya Sundaresan March 29, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Surfing the Great Lakes: ‘What? People do that here?’

by Sharon Oosthoek March 25, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Municipalities, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago educator empowers students to make climate connections in their own communities

by Energy News Network March 25, 2022
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels

by The Revelator March 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Indiana PFAS property transfers, Lake Superior rainbow smelt advisory, new Ohio PFAS regulation bill

by Maya Sundaresan March 24, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Climate Change, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Black Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden

by Eos March 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Lost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio

by Great Lakes Echo March 22, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Budget, Featured, Industry, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Who We Are and What We Do

Legislation introduced for Great Lakes Authority, a new federal entity for the Great Lakes region

by Natasha Blakely March 18, 2022

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  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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