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Policy and Environmental Justice.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Featured, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Cold Cover: Great Lakes ice forms after initial low percentage

by Natasha Blakely February 15, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Grand Rapids, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

A Grand Rapids lake and the consequences of Michigan’s road salt addiction

by Bridge Michigan February 14, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Holding in the deep: What Canada wants to do with its decades-old pileup of nuclear waste

by The Narwhal February 11, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Hydroponic greenhouses continue to offer solution to urban food deserts

by Audrey Henderson February 10, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Federal Great Lakes restoration program should focus on protection and flexibility, says Ojibwe leader

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 9, 2022
Posted inIndustry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Shipping and Ports

$3.7M grant to aid Lafarge port upgrades

by The Alpena News February 3, 2022
Posted inClimate, Energy, Featured, Illinois, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Great Lakes platform helps connect green investors with regional projects

by Energy News Network February 2, 2022
Posted inClimate, Industry, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, The States

Minnesota cities hope climate emergency resolutions add urgency to responses

by Energy News Network February 1, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: New Illinois water quality bill, Minnesota mine lease canceled, Ontario’s wetland filtration

by Maya Sundaresan February 1, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, COP26, COVID-19, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Biden’s First Year: An infrastructure win, but climate and justice plans struggle

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 31, 2022

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Latest News

  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.
  • Going to the beach? Check the water quality
    Nearly half of Great Lakes beachgoers rarely or never check water quality before swimming, according to a new study by researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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