Increased seiche events likely hurting already small populations of the fish.
Drinking Water News Roundup: Joliet water supply, contaminated water, support for Wisconsin farmers and water quality
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Municipalities not lining up for low-interest loans for sewers
Michigan has an infrastructure problem with raw sewage getting into streams and rivers.
PFAS News Roundup: PFAS exposure may affect COVID vaccine, NY bans PFAS in food packaging
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
With Line 5 closure, a ‘game of chicken’ over how to heat Upper Peninsula
Weaning the U.P. of its dependence on Line 5 will likely require investments in rail or truck-based transport. But a month after the order for Enbridge to shutter Line 5 by May, a Plan B for propane has yet to emerge.
Pipelines and Plastic Bottles: Michigan advocate focuses on Line 5 and Nestle bottled water issue
Great Lakes Now interviewed Liz Kirkwood, executive director of advocacy group For Love of Water, about some of the main controversies and issues relating to Great Lakes water.
Great Lakes Gift Guide 2020: Remember that road trip, boat ride, microbrew or sweatshirt you should’ve bought with this list
Try these gifts from a variety of places in the Great Lakes region in our selected categories of markets, food and drink, potato chips, books, home decor and wearables.
PFAS chemicals are ubiquitous. A Pitt scientist is working to protect you from thousands of types at once.
Two of the ‘forever chemicals’ have been studied widely and show a wide range of harmful effects. A Pitt researcher is helping to tackle the problem: What do we do about the other 4,000+?
Oldest Coast Guard cutter with smallest crew and largest Great Lakes responsibility needs replacing
A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says the Coast Guard is waiting for Congress to approve its proposal to replace up to 35 aging cutters, which average 56 years old.
Family-owned fishing businesses displaced by waterfront developments on Great Lakes
Working waterfront access — the access needed by fishing folks to unload their catch, process fish and retrieve ice and fuel — is being affected by coastal gentrification.



