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AuthorsDrinking Water News RoundupEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNews
Energy News Roundup: Vision for green energy in underserved communities, nationwide burst of clean energy jobs
- by Kathy JohnsonCatch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsForever Chemicals FeaturedHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
PFAS News Roundup: Can we get rid of ‘forever chemicals’?
- by Kathy JohnsonCatch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRegion
Great Lakes Moment: Detroit’s new Ralph Wilson Park will provide habitats for a healthy ecosystem
- by John HartigFor over 100 years, the Detroit River was perceived as a working waterway that supported industry and commerce. As such, its shoreline was progressively hardened with concrete seawalls, steel sheet piling, or broken concrete.
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Science Says What? How an airlift of wolves saved Isle Royale’s ecosystem and sparked a conservation controversy
- by Sharon OosthoekIt was a cascade of events that saw local conservationists take opposite sides over the extent of our responsibility to re-balance the island’s ecosystem in an era of human culpability.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCapri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFoodHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, Research
Book Review: Saving our changing menu in the Great Lakes region and beyond
- by Capri S. Cafaro“Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need” offers examples of how our global food system is affected by climate change. More importantly, it offers hope and solutions for the future that can be applied right here in the Great Lakes region and beyond.
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Nibi Chronicles: The art of Ojibwe linoleum
Preserving the remarkable legacy of Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater’s cedar bark mats.
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Energy News Roundup: Hazardous heat, equitable EV charging infrastructure
- by Kathy JohnsonCatch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegion
Great Lakes EPA office reaffirms 2030 cleanup goal for Detroit River, other contaminated sites
- by Gary WilsonActivist coalition says Michigan funding urgently needed for the Detroit River, ongoing pollution from chemical plant threatens progress.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNews
I Speak for the Fish: Mesmerized by minnows
- by Kathy JohnsonDazzling metallic flashes radiated around me with each twist and turn of their slender bodies. I was completely immobilized and mesmerized by the splendor.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake MichiganLatest NewsLisa John RogersNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksWisconsin
Behind the shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan
- by Lisa John RogersA 150-year-old schooner that sank in 1881 was finally discovered in Lake Michigan.
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