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Great Lakes Learning: How to clean up an “oil spill” at your kitchen table

You don’t need to pollute to help your children learn about what happens in environmental accidents, and how to prevent and respond to them.

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COVID-19 Complaints: Out-of-towners coming to fish in spite of stay home orders

Locals aren’t happy with the number of non-residents fishing without social distancing.

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Funding Boost: EPA gives Great Lakes extra $20 million but state funding at risk

The money is targeted at toxic hotspot cleanups and ballast water treatment research.

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Controlling Invasives: States urge residents to help stop spread of invasive species

There are campaigns and websites from each of the Great Lakes states and provinces.

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PFAS News Roundup: Indianapolis and Rhinelander find PFAS, PFAS testing and projects stalled due to COVID-19

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Enbridge seeks permits to build Great Lakes oil tunnel

By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway […]