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Nibi Chronicles: Greeting Old Man Maple during the Sap Boiling Moon

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now April 21, 2023November 8, 2025
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Energy News Roundup: Power outages in Michigan, future of nuclear power in Illinois

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 24, 2023
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Nibi Chronicles: Acknowledging one family’s knack for finding ancient stone tools

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now March 17, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: All fish tested from Michigan rivers contain ‘forever chemicals’, study finds

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 16, 2023
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Energy News Roundup: Large solar energy project proposed in Michigan, more community solar projects in Illinois

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 10, 2023
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Nibi Chronicles: Standing strong with mushers on the North Shore of Lake Superior

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now February 17, 2023
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Energy News Roundup: Minnesota’s 2040 carbon-free energy bill, coal ash crackdown continues

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 9, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS compounds in local fish are 280 times higher than those sold in stores, researchers find

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 31, 2023
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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

by Circle of Blue January 27, 2023November 8, 2025
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Energy News Roundup: Gas stove debate, electric vehicle expansion

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 26, 2023

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    Cleveland-Cliffs won a federal grant to install hydrogen-ready tech. Now, it wants to revamp its Middletown blast furnace, raising questions about its use of funds.
  • Spore loser: the DIY mushroom-growing trend invading Ontario forests
    Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native mushrooms.
  • The northern Michigan ice storm battered the electric grid. Is burying power lines the solution?
    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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