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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe Toxic Sands Threatening Fish in Lake Superior
-The slow-motion destruction of Buffalo Reef, a critical spawning ground, offers lessons for new mining projects.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsElk Rapids wants to help its shoreline through new state Climate Corps program
-Michigan is working with communities and organizations to tackle climate change by funding new staff positions.
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Asian CarpFeature HomepageIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes policy advocate calls out Illinois for intransigence on invasive carp solution
-“Illinois is running out of excuses and right now it is single handedly delaying the project,” says the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Molly Flanagan in a Great Lakes Now interview.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ in fish, building a better response to PFAS contamination
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew EPA Great Lakes executive warns on “moon shot” cleanup goal for toxic sites
-Greater effort, creativity needed to secure required funding at the state and local levels, lagging Detroit River effort “stands out.”
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis
-In light of the ongoing PFAS crisis, stricter groundwater regulations were part of a Michigan statewide effort to protect resident’s health and improve water quality. This legal dilemma took center stage during EGLE’s fourth annual Great Lakes PFAS Summit.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCan Michigan reduce phosphorus pollution getting into Lake Erie by 40 percent?
-Michigan won’t reach the phosphorus reduction goal by 2025 as planned. It’s uncertain when it might attain that goal to help reduce cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie.
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APChicagoDetroitFeature HomepageIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlooding drives millions to move as climate migration patterns emerge
-Flooding is driving millions of people to move, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan farm czar: Our fight against Lake Erie pollution isn’t working
-Ahead of a gathering to assess the health of Lake Erie, Michigan acknowledges it won’t meet a 2025 deadline to cut phosphorus runoff into the lake by 40 percent.
