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Winning Work: Great Lakes Now garners awards for collaborations, videography, environmental coverage and more
-The Society for Professional Journalists, Detroit chapter, recognized Great Lakes Now broadcast, digital, engagement and collaborative work in its annual contest.
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Green Infrastructure: Cities around the Great Lakes plan for a changing future
-Rain gardens, bioretention features, adaptable parks and more are popping up all around the region.
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Flooding Tells ‘Two Different Stories’ In Michigan
-Climate disruption is revealing economic inequality.
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Water Access: As moratoria on shutoffs end, old problems return to the forefront
-As moratoria expire across the Great Lakes region, advocates say ongoing affordability and debt relief are key.
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Great Lakes Moment: A Great Lakes Way stretching from southern Lake Huron through Western Lake Erie
-The Great Lakes Way would be an interconnected set of 156 miles of blueways or water trails and 160 miles of greenways stretching from southern Lake Huron through western Lake Erie.
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Save Water, Save Nature: Kids calendar art contest promotes healthy water management
-GLN Host Ward Detwiler interviewed this year’s Kids Clean Water Calendar Contest winner about his artwork promoting clean water.
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Air, Wind, Solar: In the Great Lakes region, energy stands out in President Biden’s efforts
-What sort of impact could President Biden’s executive orders and his various campaign promises have on the Great Lakes region?
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Great Lakes Moment: From the Rouge River to Persian Gulf, oil spill cleanups are handled by a Detroit company
-Marine Pollution Control was founded in Detroit in 1967 as the first oil spill cleanup company in the Great Lakes and one of the very first in the nation.
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Pilot state program seeks to reduce water waste in homes
-Some residents in southwestern Michigan and the Detroit area will get plumbing repairs in their homes as part of the “Water Leak Pilot” program.
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Speaking of Water: How Can the Biden Administration Deliver on Environmental Justice Pledges?
-The Biden administration wants to correct a legacy of pollution and under-investment in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Two veterans of the U.S. environmental justice movement discuss how to do that.