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Category: Water Quality

Posted inFeatured, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality

You can’t stop the lake

by Astrid Code January 30, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inChicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality

Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers

by WBEZ January 24, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

The Toxic Sands Threatening Fish in Lake Superior

by Undark January 18, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Habitat Restoration, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Elk Rapids wants to help its shoreline through new state Climate Corps program

by Interlochen Public Radio January 17, 2024
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Great Lakes policy advocate calls out Illinois for intransigence on invasive carp solution

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inIndustry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Water Quality

PFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ in fish, building a better response to PFAS contamination

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 16, 2024
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, History and Culture, Infrastructure, Interview, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality

Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”

by Great Lakes Now December 22, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

New EPA Great Lakes executive warns on “moon shot” cleanup goal for toxic sites

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 21, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality

PFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now December 19, 2023
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Can Michigan reduce phosphorus pollution getting into Lake Erie by 40 percent?

by Michigan Public December 19, 2023November 8, 2025

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Latest News

  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.
  • In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win
    A bill, newly passed by legislators, will expand the state’s capacity to enforce limits on health-harming emissions in overburdened communities.

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