In 2019, Toledo residents voted on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, a city charter amendment that aimed to give the lake legal standing after years of harmful algal blooms […]
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This Bill Gives Lakes Lakes Legal Rights
Legislation in New York could give bodies of water legal rights. Assemblyman Patrick Burke introduced the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights, part of a growing movement to […]
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How Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration
Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.
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Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees | Episode Preview
On the next episode of Great Lakes Now, join Ian Solomon on a shipwreck adventure in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and find out how researchers at Lake Ontario National […]
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A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.
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Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees
Explore shipwreck sanctuaries and a forest that fueled a media empire.
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Amid rise of RFK Jr., officials waver on drinking water fluoridation — even in the state where it started
As the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decades-long public health success story.
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These Whitefish are Refugees
Whitefish stocks in lakes Michigan and Huron have plunged, and scientists fear entire bloodlines could be lost within years. With no cure in sight for the mussel invasion that has […]
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Lake Trout are Lake Superior’s Apex Predator
GLN’s Anna Sysling joined Michigan Out of Doors’ @jimmygretz and Jenny Ciolek to go fishing for Lake Superior’s apex predator: Lake trout! Along the way, charter captain Travis White shared […]
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Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together
The agrivoltaics practice of raising sheep under solar panels is a win-win for Illinois farmers — but first the market for lamb meat needs to grow.