Lessons and activities based on the monthly Great Lakes Now program.
Posted inDrinking Water, Events and Special Broadcasts, Featured, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Water Quality, Water's True Cost, Water's True Costs Events
Join the Conversations: Events on “Water’s True Cost” will answer your questions about water infrastructure
As the Great Lakes News Collaborative prepares to publish and air stories about water’s true cost, get these free, virtual events on your calendar to learn more about your drinking water.
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Now Watch Parties, Water's True Cost
Water’s True Cost: Episode Sneak Peek Watch Party
Join GLN Producer Anna Sysling for a conversation with several guests who all played a part in this episode’s story about the complicated financial, public health and infrastructural implications of our drinking water.
Posted inEnergy, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Industry, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Region, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality
Northern Indiana residents doubt outcome of coal ash cleanup
Some northern Indiana residents remain skeptical that communities in the area will be free of contamination from toxic coal ash, despite a renewed commitment to clean up polluted sites and transition to renewable energy sources.
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Erie, Michigan, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, PFAS, Politics, Protect, Quebec, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Wisconsin
FRESH: Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanup Rule
Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Featured, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin
Energy News Roundup: Ontario looks to phase out natural gas, wild rice could stop Line 3, Energy Department invests in cybersecurity
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Featured, Food, Forests and Plants, Industry, Latest News, News, Ohio, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin
The Great Lakes sugaring season is changing
Maple producers are facing shorter harvest seasons, less sugar production and unreliable sap flow.
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Mushrooms and Mobsters – Episode 2204
A giant fungus in a tiny Great Lakes town, gangsters vacation “Up North,” and “The Catch.”
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, The States, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do
To build a new pipeline or not: Illinois city seeks Lake Michigan water
The city of Joliet, roughly 45 minutes southwest of Chicago, is looking to Lake Michigan as a solution to its drying water supplies. But residents are concerned about the costs that would bring.
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, St. Clair River
I Speak for the Fish: How the round goby changed the Great Lakes, twice
In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson looks at how, when and where round goby were first identified in the Great Lakes.
