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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinFour ways Great Lakes winters are changing as scientists search for clues
-The Great Lakes’ warming winters are well-known through Michigan, in part because declining ice cover is visible from the surface.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSearching for help. Where can homeowners get money to fix failing septic systems?
-In Michigan, the state estimates there are more than 330 thousand failing septic tank systems. They could be contaminating lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLake HuronLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage
-The Great Lakes’ annual winter freeze is “off to a slow start,” with ice coverage “well below average for this time of year.”
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsCombined Effort: Sierra Club to award Great Lakes News Collaborative
-The Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club is acknowledging the environmental journalism efforts of the Great Lakes News Collaborative, of which Great Lakes Now is a member, in their annual award ceremony.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsA small, red-bellied snake might be reconsidered for protection under the Endangered Species Act
-Three environmental groups plan to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to protect a small snake found in parts of Michigan.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFlint water crisis settlement claims process begins this week
-Starting this week, tens of thousands of people in Flint can begin filing damage claims as part of a $626 million settlement of civil lawsuits in the Flint water crisis.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchRoad salt threatens Michigan lakes and rivers. Can an alternative take hold?
-Road salt is threatening the Great Lakes’ famous fresh waters and creating even bigger problems for the inland rivers, lakes and aquifers – not to mention your car’s undercarriage.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEnvironmental group says Gov. Whitmer’s plan to reduce harmful algal blooms ‘won’t work’
-An environmental group says a Michigan plan to reduce nutrient pollution of Lake Erie is “lackluster” and “won’t work.”
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShould Benton Harbor residents have to pay for water they can’t drink?
-It’s been two months since state health officials warned the 9,000 people living in Benton Harbor not to drink their water.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeHigh costs, few customers: Benton Harbor water woes loom for Michigan cities
-The quandary in Benton Harbor is an extreme example of a widespread problem in many Michigan cities, where shrinking populations and wealth have left many local governments unable to collect enough ratepayer revenue to cover long-term water system costs.
