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Science Says What? Climate change, deluges and snow days
In this new feature, see what scientists are learning about the impacts of climate change on the region – and what can be done to mitigate them.
Mapping the Great Lakes: Snowfall in the snowbelt
Another environmental oddity of the Great Lakes region is the existence of snowbelts or large areas impacted by lake effect snow.
Energy News Roundup: Community programs to provide solar for low-income residents in Illinois, Ohio
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
‘Circular economy’ programs aim to reduce waste and build jobs
Programs find new life for items including rejected carrots, NFL banners, and discarded clothing.
Energy News Roundup: Community programs to provide solar for low-income residents in Illinois, Ohio
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
‘Circular economy’ programs aim to reduce waste and build jobs
Programs find new life for items including rejected carrots, NFL banners, and discarded clothing.
Energy News Roundup: Renewable natural gas powering Ontario communities, solar projects to power Michigan sites
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news.
Energy News Roundup: Lawsuit possible in Illinois wind farm controversy, anti-wind group grows in Ohio
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Great Lakes Moment: Detroit’s benefits of a national urban park in Windsor
Windsor’s proposed Ojibway National Urban Park will not only reap such benefits in its metropolitan area but in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Judge orders Enbridge, tribe to form emergency pipeline plan
Sierra Club Wisconsin Director Elizabeth Ward said she’s glad that Conley recognized the tribe’s concerns about a potential spill.
Why Line 5 will likely remain open despite Democratic control of Lansing
Don’t expect big new efforts to shut down Line 5 when Democrats take control. Those on both sides of the issue say the pipeline’s fate is now in the hands of a federal judge.
Energy News Roundup: Nuclear communities sidelined in just transition debate, Mid-Michigan smacks down wind energy
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Great Lakes Moment: New video game teaches watershed management
Researchers from the University of Windsor and Sheridan College have developed a new video game to train and empower youth to take on the challenge of ecological restoration.
Energy News Roundup: Michigan launching study of nuclear power options, clean energy jobs rebounding in Wisconsin
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
A former GM plant in St. Catharines is leaking toxic chemicals
Residents have learned Ontario and city council kept suspicions of chemical leaks quiet for two years.
Mapping the Great Lakes: Where do you live?
Thirty million people live within the Great Lakes Watershed, which make up roughly 10% of the US population and 30% of the Canadian population.