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Climate ChangeInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Policy news facing the Great Lakes region
-Fresh examines the policy that impacts the people and places of the Great Lakes region.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFRESH: Biden Strengthens Environmental Reviews for Large Infrastructure Projects
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesCoal interests sue to block Pennsylvania’s carbon policy
-Coal-related interests sued to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a carbon-pricing policy that will impose a cost for emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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Feature HomepageHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Historic Great Lakes agreement reaches golden anniversary
-In this month’s column, John Hartig talks about the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, signed 50 years ago in April, its binational legacy and whether the time passed has led to complacency.
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BudgetFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeLegislation introduced for Great Lakes Authority, a new federal entity for the Great Lakes region
-Ohio’s Rep. Marcy Kaptur on Thursday introduced the Great Lakes Authority Act with eight other Democratic co-sponsors.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Wisconsin board passes weakened state standards, stream trout contaminated
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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BudgetFeature HomepageGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSandra SvobodaNew national authority for Great Lakes region proposed by Ohio Congresswoman
-Ohio’s Marcy Kaptur renews call for a federal Great Lakes Authority to bring steady funds for clean up, economic development and local projects in the region.
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Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyPFAS News RoundupPolicyWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior fish, two Michigan locations could land on Superfund list
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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NY says no to voting reforms, yes to environmental right
-The environmental measure was one of five statewide ballot questions before New York voters Tuesday.
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APFish, Birds and AnimalsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreational Hunting and FishingSenators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
-Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey’s Cory Booker and Michigan’s Gary Peters asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.
