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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingChicagoClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFeature-ChicagoIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSensors provide a real-time glimpse at Chicago River quality
-Chicago nonprofit Current in 2019 installed three sensors in the river’s three main branches to continuously estimate the amount of bacteria from human and other warm-blooded animals’ waste.
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Illinois Senate passes energy deal governor says falls short
-A massive energy policy overhaul aimed at making Illinois a fully renewable-energy state by 2050 cleared the Senate early Wednesday despite objections from Gov. J.B. Pritzker and groups who want more environmental and consumer protections.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake HuronLake MichiganLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsRising Waters: Great Lakes lighthouse keepers fight to preserve history in the face of climate change
-As one of the oldest lighthouses in the Great Lakes region, much of the Waugoshance Lighthouse’s history has been lost. What remains are unsubstantiated ghost stories, a piece of World War Ⅱ history and a lighthouse left to crumble into Lake Michigan.
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Coastal Concerns: Communities lack skilled staff and funding to tackle erosion and flooding
-Almost 300 coastal community leaders across the five Great Lakes and various connecting channels responded to the survey, with 95% of them highly or moderately concerned about erosion and flooding.
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Fire on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale 15 percent contained
-A wildfire on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale has been about 15% percent contained and crews have saved some historic cabins from encroaching flames, an official said Wednesday.
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Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol to seek a stop
-The rally, part of a series of events called Treaties over Tar Sands organized by Indigenous and environmental activists, called on Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden to pull permits and shut down the Line 3 replacement pipeline project.
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Trails, camps closed on Isle Royale after wildfire expands
-A wildfire that’s burned about 200 acres on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale has prompted the National Park Service to close some trails and campground areas on the wilderness island.
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Minnesota Supreme Court delivers blow to Line 3 opponents
-The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline, letting stand a key decision by independent regulators to allow construction on the project to proceed.
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Scientists look for clues to Lake Superior algae blooms
-More than 10 years ago, the discovery of cyanobacteria along Park Point in Duluth — in notoriously cold and stormy Lake Superior — would have been unheard of.
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Minnesota wildfires disappoint travelers and outfitters
-Several fires inside and just outside the country’s most visited wilderness area led officials to close it last weekend, dealing a blow to those who spent months planning their trips there and to the outfitters and other businesses that depend on them.
