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Posted inIndustry

What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.

by Canary Media April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Cleveland-Cliffs won a federal grant to install hydrogen-ready tech. Now, it wants to revamp its Middletown blast furnace, raising questions about its use of funds.

Posted inClimate, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

DTE agrees to shut down coal-fired Monroe plant in 2032, three years ahead of schedule

by Planet Detroit July 13, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inEnergy, Illinois, Industry, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Region

Historic coal ash raises concerns at iconic Illinois coal plant site

by Energy News Network December 23, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Energy, Energy News Roundup, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Great Lakes Energy News Roundup: Ohio wind power in Lake Erie, solar projects stall in Illinois, major Wisconsin coal plant to close

by Ian Wendrow May 28, 2020
Posted inClimate, Energy, Industry, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Shipping and Ports, Wisconsin

As energy use changes in the Great Lakes, so too does the world’s largest freshwater port

by MinnPost April 28, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Energy, Industry, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

In the ‘climate refuge’ city of Duluth, a fight brews over the hometown utility

by MinnPost April 24, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News, Video

A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-Town America

by GLN Editor November 7, 2016

Latest News

  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.
  • Going to the beach? Check the water quality
    Nearly half of Great Lakes beachgoers rarely or never check water quality before swimming, according to a new study by researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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