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Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

by Inside Climate News October 1, 2024
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.

by WBEZ September 27, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created

by Mia Litzenberg, Great Lakes Now September 20, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, News, Region

South Shore residents are fed up with garbage on their streets

by WBEZ August 12, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Climate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract

by Grist August 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Chicago groups spotlight the city’s water “abundance,” focus on innovation, collaboration as key to its future

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2024
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Region

In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time

by Grist April 11, 2024
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp

by WBEZ March 25, 2024
Posted inIllinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality

Illinois lawmakers seek to protect state wetlands

by WBEZ March 6, 2024
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Region

Faced with COVID-era civil rights complaints, Chicago commits to environmental justice

by Great Lakes Echo February 14, 2024November 8, 2025

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Latest News

  • 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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