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Station Marblehead: One of the Coast Guard’s busiest stations on the Great Lakes
-Join Great Lakes Now on a ride along with officers on Lake Erie for searches and safety work.
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State orders cleanup of aggregate spill into Detroit River
-Michigan environmental regulators have ordered a company to clean up limestone and other materials that its tenant spilled into the Detroit River last month.
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No excessive radiation at Detroit River aggregate spill site
-Staffers with the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy inspected the Detroit Bulk Storage property with federal and local officials, taking radiological measurements and sampling river water just offshore in southwest Detroit.
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Great Lakes Moment: U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., civil rights champion and supporter of clean environment for all
-In this month’s column, Great Lakes Now writer John Hartig talks about knowing and working with the late Rep. John Conyers on environmental and conservation issues in Detroit.
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Detroit RiverIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigNewsProtectRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: Five decades since the infamous Rouge River fire
-Great strides have been made in changing the state of the Rouge River in the years since the fire, though significant challenges still remain.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBlue EconomyBudgetClevelandDetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticefeatureInfrastructureJohn HartigNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionShipping and PortsTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Moment: Cleanup is not just a cost, but an investment
-A recent study released by the International Association for Great Lakes Research examines the link between Great Lakes cleanups and increasing economic revitalization in the region.
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BudgetClimate ChangeDetroitEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResourceScience, Technology, ResearchClimate change brings urgency to debate over Detroit’s grid resilience
-A look at Detroit’s recent blackouts and possible stakeholder solutions for grid resilience brings forward ideas that can be applied to power grids across the Great Lakes region as water levels and wild weather continue to impact energy needs.
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AuthorsBlue EconomyBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDetroitDetroit RiverMichiganNewsPlayPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismSandra SvobodaTourismWaterfront DevelopmentBook Club: Detroit RiverWalk could be a sign of more to come for the city
-In his book “Waterfront Porch,” John Hartig looks at Detroit’s history of innovation, the RiverWalk and what all of this could mean for Detroit’s future.
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AuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsPaying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
-For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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Great Lakes Moment: Detroit Garden Center Leading by Example
-A recent article published by the prestigious National Academy of Sciences concluded what Detroit Garden Center had long known – that small patches of habitat are important to protecting biodiversity or the variety of life on Earth.
