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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCOP26Drinking WaterLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance
-Water was overlooked in past global climate talks. Advocates are focusing on the Glasgow meeting to highlight water’s indispensable climate role.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNews
Q&A: Climate, equity and diversity top priorities for new national non-profit executive
-Great Lakes Now talked to the new Natural Resources Defense Council President and CEO Manish Bapna on a range of topics, including electric-powered vehicles, drinking water shutoffs, the fixation on economic growth, and equity and diversity issues.
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Alex HillFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Mapping the Great Lakes: Defining the region … with three maps
-Explore this map of the Great Lakes region and the different ways to interpret what it means to be part of the Great Lakes.
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Report: Shoddy construction, ignored threats led to Edenville Dam collapse
-An independent investigation into last year’s Edenville Dam failure provides new details into how known deficiencies at the dam likely contributed to its collapse. It also raises warnings for safety officials looking to prevent failures at other old, earthen dams.
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BudgetClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaRachel DuckettWisconsin
Bridge Over Warming Water: Grants fund fish habitat conservation projects around the Great Lakes
-Rivers, streams and lakes are warming, casting a dark shadow on the future of coldwater fish in the Great Lakes region. To save them, state and federal agencies around the Great Lakes are investing millions in these fish.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes EchoInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsTraverse City
FishPass stays off November ballot, will be decided in appeals court
-The fate of Traverse City, Michigan’s FishPass project will be decided in court. That’s after city commissioners decided not to put the question before voters in November.
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Raising Fish: An inside look at how one hatchery is helping to restore native Great Lakes species
-Raising lake sturgeon, walleye and whitefish requires knowledge of biology, engineering, physics, mathematics and a stomach impervious to strong fish smells.
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntario
Great Lakes Moment: International wetlands treaty turns 50
-Most regions throughout the world would be happy to have one wetland of international importance, but the region that includes southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario is notable for having three.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Amid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk
-State agencies insist — though scientists and indigenous leaders furiously disagree — that waterways won’t be affected.
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Andrew ReevesBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Adaptation vs. Mitigation: Canada’s national climate change adaptation strategy needs balance
-Canada’s national approach to climate change was updated in mid-August with a focus on Indigenous reconciliation, nature-based solutions like natural infrastructure, and the post-COVID creation of green jobs.