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Posted inClimate, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Report: Climate change threatens these 29 Michigan chemical sites

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 inAdvocacy, Climate, 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 inAlgae Blooms, Fish, Birds and Animals, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

New Ontario watercraft regulations fight invasive species

by Great Lakes Echo March 17, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Canada’s Maude Barlow chronicles 40 years of activism in new book, “Still Hopeful”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 23, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Line 5’s impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision

by Michigan Public February 18, 2022November 9, 2025
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 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
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Energy, Industry, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Find the wind turbine clusters around the region

by Alex Hill January 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Fish, Birds and Animals, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Climate Ghosts author: To save more species, treat them like kin

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 13, 2022

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  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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