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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Authors, Budget, Drinking Water, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Municipalities, Natasha Blakely, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Resource, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: Septic systems pose an environmental and economic dilemma for rural residents

by Natasha Blakely July 8, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Agriculture, Authors, Climate Change, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Natasha Blakely, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: Some Ohio farmland is being returned to its glory days as the Great Black Swamp

by Natasha Blakely July 5, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Authors, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Natasha Blakely, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Resource, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

Sustainable Brands Day 4: It ended with a dance performance

by Natasha Blakely June 10, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Equity and Environmental Justice, Gary Wilson, Milwaukee, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Milwaukee sewage exec has an “audacious” goal to protect Lake Michigan

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now April 19, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Events and Special Broadcasts, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Waterfront Development

Earth Day 2019: The Seven Generation River Premieres on the World Channel

by GLN Editor April 16, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Gary Wilson, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, The States, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Will Foxconn’s flip flopping draw scrutiny from Great Lakes region?

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 5, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

Lake Erie Bill of Rights finally on ballot, then challenged again

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now January 23, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Mary Ellen Geist, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

Water School

by Mary Ellen Geist November 20, 2018
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Success, regional conflict mark decade of the Great Lakes Compact

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now October 11, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBudget, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Michigan’s water issues: gains and losses

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now October 1, 2018

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