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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Food, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Know Your State Foods

by Capri S. Cafaro October 28, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Michigan launching study of nuclear power options, clean energy jobs rebounding in Wisconsin

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now October 27, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Illinois, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Mapping the Great Lakes: Where do you live?

by Alex Hill October 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Asian Carp, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Climate Change, Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes, Chicago River and Asian carp in the spotlight in Elizabeth Kolbert’s “Under a White Sky”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now October 19, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region

Enbridge will pay $11M fine for Minnesota water violations

by Energy News Network October 18, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Indigenous communities in Canada, U.S. offer clean energy solutions

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now October 13, 2022
Posted inCulture, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, News, Region

More from “Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash”

by GLN Editor October 11, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Underwater discoveries await

by Alex Hill September 26, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Line 3 protests, renewable energy efforts growing

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 23, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Illinois, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: “Forever chemicals” concern on the rise, how to reduce exposure

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 20, 2022

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  • Former EPA staffer from Wisconsin sues after he was fired for signing letter of dissent
    Internal EPA records show agency staff found no ethics concerns and advised against firings.
  • 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.

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