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BudgetChicagoDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQ&A: New EPA Great Lakes administrator talks Benton Harbor, infrastructure, AOC cleanup
-Sites like the Detroit River will benefit from the billion-dollar windfall, says new Region 5 administrator Debra Shore. Shore also defends Michigan’s actions in Benton Harbor.
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Chicago resists putting life rings at risky lake piers
-The Chicago Park District said it plans to put life rings along the Lake Michigan waterfront but only in areas that are considered safe to swim.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingChicagoClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFeature-ChicagoIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSensors provide a real-time glimpse at Chicago River quality
-Chicago nonprofit Current in 2019 installed three sensors in the river’s three main branches to continuously estimate the amount of bacteria from human and other warm-blooded animals’ waste.
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Illinois woman swims across iconic Michigan lake twice
-A medical student from Illinois swam across one of Michigan’s Torch Lake — twice — to raise money and awareness about diabetes.
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ChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFoodHistory and CultureIllinoisLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNew YorkThousand Island Dressing Mystery: Uncertain origins of one of America’s favorite sauces
-What is the original recipe? It’s a different story depending on who is asked.
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ChicagoFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsResearch, Data and TechnologySandra SvobodaScience, Technology, ResearchThe Suckers: Great Lakes’ “best supporting fishes” are important to the food web
-Karen Murchie, director of freshwater research at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, talked all about suckers and what they mean for the Great Lakes in this Q&A with GLN Host Ward Detwiler.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFlintIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsSome Chicagoans Wary of Lead Pipe Replacement
-The response to Chicago’s lead pipe replacement project is a story playing out in neighborhoods across the country. Government public interest initiatives, even with the best of intentions and resources, are being curtailed by mistrust.
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ChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIllinoisLatest NewsNewsSandra SvobodaBirds on Film: Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about Chicago’s piping plovers with Great Lakes Now
-“The goal of the film was to show how people and birds can interact and co-exist,” Dolgan says in this GLN interview.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoCollaborationFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsIn Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color
-Chicago’s leaders have poured billions into ambitious programs to keep water away from roads and buildings. But urban flooding continues—overwhelmingly in communities of color—forcing experts to turn to new solutions.
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APChicagoCOVID-19Feature-ChicagoIllinoisLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNewsRecreation and TourismTourismChicago’s Adler Planetarium won’t fully reopen until 2022
-Planetarium officials said they’ll start offering some events in July, but due to financial difficulties the full reopening will be in March 2022.
