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IndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSustainable 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.
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‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll
-Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate ‘tug of war’ drives extreme shifts in water levels.
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Utility eyes earlier shutdown of Lake Michigan power plant
-A northern Indiana utility company is looking to shutter a coal-fired power plant along Lake Michigan two years earlier than planned.
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SS Badger makes final Lake Michigan crossing of season
-The SS Badger backed into its dock Oct. 10 for the last time this season, letting about 300 passengers off into Ludington and ending nearly five months of daily round trips across Lake Michigan.
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Missed Acid Delivery at Root of Midwest Plant Iron Discharge: US Steel Correspondence
-In a document sent to the state, U.S. Steel Corp. said a chain of events kicked off by a missed acid delivery to its Midwest Plant in Portage led to a large discharge of iron into a nearby waterway in late September.
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NW Indiana water facility restarts after US Steel discharge
-A utility has restarted a northwest Indiana water treatment facility one week after idling it following a U.S. Steel plant’s discharge of iron-tainted wastewater into a Lake Michigan tributary.
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US Steel: Plant’s orange plume had elevated iron levels
-U.S. Steel says a northwestern Indiana plant’s discharge of elevated levels of iron were the cause of an orange plume that entered a Lake Michigan tributary, prompting the closure of several nearby beaches and a water treatment facility.
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US Steel shuts down Indiana plant after wastewater discharge
-U.S. Steel temporarily halts operations at a northwest Indiana plant Monday after it leaked an orange substance into a Lake Michigan tributary. Indiana Dunes National Park beaches were also closed.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingCOVID-19Feature HomepageJames ProffittLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsGreat Lakes Breakdowns: There’s a thin line between affordable and not for boat tows
-COVID-19 has resulted in an influx of new boaters on the Great Lakes, many of whom aren’t prepared for the sudden changes that can happen on the unforgiving lakes.
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Chicago resists putting life rings at risky lake piers
-The Chicago Park District said it plans to put life rings along the Lake Michigan waterfront but only in areas that are considered safe to swim.
