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Posted inDrinking Water, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Can Gretchen Whitmer’s water agenda reform bottled water

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now September 11, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Is PFAS from Michigan’s Huron River contaminating Lake Erie’s fish?

by Mary Ellen Geist September 10, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

PFAS: All fish in Michigan’s Huron River unsafe to eat

by Mary Ellen Geist September 5, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Commercial Fishing, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, News, Ohio, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Resource, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Big Water, Big Money… But “Algae”

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now September 5, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Flint, Latest News, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Drinking water shut off at all Detroit Public Schools

by Mary Ellen Geist August 30, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

The Great Lakes on Drugs

by Mary Ellen Geist August 29, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inNews, Play, Protect

A Great Lakes Moment from John Hartig

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now August 27, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Trump’s EPA takes steps to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 27, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inArticle, Climate Change, Drinking Water, News, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Lake Erie’s algae problems: Delay. And more delay.

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 24, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News, Protect

From Bridge Magazine: Floods test mettle in Michigan’s UP. Waiting for relief tests patience.

by GLN Editor August 22, 2018

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    “Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.
  • Great Lakes shipping lost third of season to ‘inadequate icebreaking’
    The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
    Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet. Recreational fishing advocates and state fishing regulators object.

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