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Great 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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South Haven adds Lake Michigan restrictions in bad weather
-A southwestern Michigan town that swells with summer visitors is taking steps to keep people out of Lake Michigan during hazardous conditions.
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Breeze Boost: What’s the connection between breezy Lake Michigan days and high ozone levels?
-A multi-agency study of Lake Michigan ozone levels found that lake breezes impact the ozone levels of nearshore communities.
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Road 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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Great Lakes region WWII armory preserves Indigenous village
-Researchers are studying a long-vanished village near southern Lake Michigan that a World War II arsenal helped preserve.
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Historic coal ash raises concerns at iconic Illinois coal plant site
-As owner NRG proposes a remediation plan for coal ash covered under state and federal law, other, older deposits that are exempt from the laws may pose a greater risk to water contamination and future redevelopment.
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More people are worried about the health of the Great Lakes, according to poll
-The poll by the Great Lakes Water Quality Board asked 4,500 people to rate the current status of the environmental health of their favorite Great Lake.
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BP agrees to $500K penalty, soot limits at Indiana refinery
-Oil giant BP agreed Thursday to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana under an agreement with regulators and activists who accused the company of violating an earlier deal.
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Sustainable Shipping: Burns Harbor port tries to green Indiana’s industrial coast
-A water cannon, a truck marshalling yard and 400 trees are just some of the ways the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor is trying to mitigate the impacts of the huge steel industry that lives on Indiana’s northwest coast.