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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Shipping and Ports, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Award-Winning Documentary: Great Lakes Now film earns journalism honor

by Sandra Svoboda May 3, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, Lake Erie, News, Policy, Politics, Who We Are and What We Do

Finding the Funds: How the Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaigns were financed

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now May 2, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Equity and Environmental Justice, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Milwaukee sewage exec has an “audacious” goal to protect Lake Michigan

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now April 19, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Blue Economy, Food, Industry, News, Ohio, Policy, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipping and Ports, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Cleveland: Disembarking Downtown

by Ian Wendrow April 17, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Agriculture, Drinking Water, Food, Industry, Lake Erie, News, Ohio, Policy, Politics, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Video, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Farming and the Future

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now April 4, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, News, Policy, Politics, Video, Who We Are and What We Do

Michigan Attorney General: Line 5 Tunnel is “Unconstitutional”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 29, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Budget, Drinking Water, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes Commission, Industry, News, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Paying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 25, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Asian Carp, Budget, Invasive Species, News, Policy, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Book Club: New book about Asian carp chronicles history, future

by Sandra Svoboda March 19, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Asian Carp, Budget, Illinois, Invasive Species, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Will new governor end Illinois’ inertia over Asian carp solution?

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 18, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Budget, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

New Trump budget again proposes drastic cuts for the U.S. EPA, Great Lakes

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 12, 2019

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    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
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