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Freighter Mystery: Can you help Great Lakes Now with more clues to identify people and places in a historic film?
-TV Producer Rob Green discovered a film on YouTube. Here’s how he made it into a PBS segment for the monthly Great Lakes Now program.
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Great Lakes Freighters: The latest on navigation, locks and icebreakers
-It’s the 140th anniversary of the Lake Carriers’ Association, and its president discusses the new Soo lock, icebreakers and tension with Canada.
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COVID-19 Comeback: Great Lakes businesses and scientists bounce back
-Rules are relaxing, and business is picking back up for charter boats, freighters and scientists.
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Fishing and Freighters: Great Lakes industries take COVID-19 economic hit
-Lake Erie fishing charters reel from stay at home orders, and lake freighters idle due to industry shutdowns.
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As energy use changes in the Great Lakes, so too does the world’s largest freshwater port
-The Port of Duluth-Superior is one of the largest ports in the U.S., and its second largest commodity is coal.
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Funding Boost: EPA gives Great Lakes extra $20 million but state funding at risk
-The money is targeted at toxic hotspot cleanups and ballast water treatment research.
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Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water
-Environmentalists and researchers are claiming Great Lakes-exclusive freighters are helping spread invasive species around the lakes, and new ballast water regulations are being determined, while industry groups argue that the research needs more work.
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SS Badger: The last of Lake Michigan’s car ferries
-The last coal-fired passenger steamship in the United States continues to ferry passengers and cargo across Lake Michigan.