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Posted inEnergy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region

Oil and gas projects fast-tracked, while Minnesota Power plans to quit fossil fuels

by Nicole Pollack, Great Lakes Now March 5, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now February 28, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inDuluth, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How do you heal a sacred lake?

by Great Lakes Now February 27, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

A different perspective on the fur trade

by Great Lakes Now February 20, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Guest Article, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Tourism

Points North: Back to the Boundary Waters

by Interlochen Public Radio February 17, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, PFAS, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

CDC awards biomonitoring grants to Great Lakes states, future funding unclear

by Great Lakes Echo February 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now November 26, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Waves of Change

Waves of Change: Meet Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary founder Rebeka Ndosi

by Great Lakes Now October 31, 2024
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Minnesota, New York, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

2024 Election: State and Local Voters Consider Tax Increases for Water Protection

by Circle of Blue October 28, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Food, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now October 25, 2024November 8, 2025

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    Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native mushrooms.
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    It's been a year since the devastating ice storm. Poles and wires have since been replaced, but some residents wonder whether it makes more sense to bury them out of the reach of increasingly damaging snow, wind and ice.

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