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2019 Featured Post, About Great Lakes Now, Article, Authors, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Sandra Svoboda, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Now: Our 2019 look back and our 2020 look ahead

by Sandra Svoboda January 3, 2020November 9, 2025

The Great Lakes Now team produced dozens of news stories, nine monthly shows, one documentary and countless moments of impact. We’ll do even more in the next year, again, with your help.

2019 Featured Post, About Great Lakes Now, Article, Authors, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Interview, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

The Great Lakes in 2019: Senior Correspondent Gary Wilson’s look back at the headlines

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 2, 2020November 9, 2025

Sometimes the reporting was in cold places, but the news was always hot and impactful for Great Lakes Now this past year.

AP, Article, Detroit, Detroit River, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Michigan, News, Region

Water authority: Some metals not detected after Detroit River aggregate spill

by The Associated Press January 2, 2020

Initial water quality tests following the spill of limestone construction aggregate into the Detroit River did not turn up uranium, thorium, mercury or lead, according to the Great Lakes Water Authority.

AP, Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Superior, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan State: Crews to begin dredging Lake Superior harbor

by The Associated Press January 2, 2020

Crews were expected to start removing more copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands that have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important fish spawning area, according to state officials.

AP, Article, Detroit, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake St. Clair, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Plenty of contaminants found at Detroit-area industrial site

by The Associated Press January 2, 2020

An inspection of an old industrial site in suburban Detroit was triggered by the discovery of a yellow-green substance along a major interstate.

2019 Featured Post, About Great Lakes Now, Article, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Sandra Svoboda, Who We Are and What We Do

Superior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake

by Sandra Svoboda December 30, 2019November 9, 2025

This week, Great Lakes Now writers are looking back at their 2019 adventures. Program Director Sandra Svoboda’s included the biennial Trans Superior Race aboard a 70-foot sailboat.

AP, Article, Drinking Water, New York, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

NY tweaks clean water plan as suppliers call for more time

by The Associated Press December 30, 2019

New York would not issue violations against certain water suppliers who notify the public that they have too-high levels of certain industrial and synthetic chemicals under the latest plan to be proposed by state regulators.

About Great Lakes Now, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Sandra Svoboda, Who We Are and What We Do

Superior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake

by Sandra Svoboda December 30, 2019November 9, 2025

Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series taking a look back at 2019 Hundreds of miles of undeveloped Lake Superior coastline were finally interrupted to reveal our destination: […]

AP, Article, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Infrastructure, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Group claims bias in lawsuit against Ohio water department

by The Associated Press December 30, 2019

A civil rights group has alleged in a federal lawsuit that Cleveland’s water department discriminates against black customers by shutting off service and placing liens on their property for unpaid bills at a far higher rate than for white customers.

AP, Article, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Groups want tougher U.S. Steel fine for Lake Michigan spill

by The Associated Press December 30, 2019

The leaders of 18 environmental and civic groups have joined a push for U.S. Steel to face tougher penalties over a spill of hazardous substances from a northwestern Indiana plant into Lake Michigan.