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Climate ChangeCollaborationDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsFlooding Tells ‘Two Different Stories’ In Michigan
-Climate disruption is revealing economic inequality.
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BuffaloChicagoCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecThe ProvincesThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWater 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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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureJohn HartigLake ErieLake HuronLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismWaterfront DevelopmentGreat 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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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn flooded Michigan neighborhoods, who should pay for sea walls?
-For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSave 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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ClevelandClimate ChangeDetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsAir, 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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DetroitEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat 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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DetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsSpeaking 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.
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PBS Project: Great Lakes Now and the Belle Isle Conservancy are hosting a high school intern
-With funding from PBS Education, we’re offering a spring internship to a high school student to work on Earth Day-related events with Belle Isle Conservancy and produce video content about the experience.