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Category: Feature Detroit

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Detroit’s benefits of a national urban park in Windsor

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now December 5, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Feature Detroit, Food, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Detroit and Toronto among Time Magazine’s “50 Greatest Places”

by Sandra Svoboda July 13, 2022
Posted inClimate, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

When your home is filled with hazards, what can you do?

by Tynnetta Harris, Great Lakes Now July 13, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Culture, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

Detroit City Council wants to make Detroit River a World Heritage Site

by Michigan Public May 12, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Budget, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Water's True Cost

High Cost of Water Hits Home

by Circle of Blue May 10, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Feature Detroit, Featured, Lake Superior, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Edmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually

by Natasha Blakely November 8, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Feature Detroit, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: International wetlands treaty turns 50

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now September 6, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Flint, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, PFAS, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Drinking Water Roundup: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Canada reaches $8 billion settlement with First Nations

by Rachel Duckett August 12, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Industry Woes: Water industry struggles with both competitive hiring and retiring workforce

by Taylor Haelterman August 11, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Featured, Habitat Restoration, Latest News, Michigan, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Sugar Island is getting an ecological makeover

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now August 2, 2021November 9, 2025

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  • Bad River tribe, groups sue over waterway crossing approvals for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute
    The Bad River tribe and environmental groups are again suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over decisions that allow work to move forward on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute at four waterway crossings.
  • Canada celebrates Gordie Howe bridge opening — without Michigan — amid tariff riff
    Canadian officials celebrated the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, honoring the Detroit Red Wings legend and marking the completion of a project more than two decades in the making.
  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.

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