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CollaborationDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPublicSourceResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS chemicals are ubiquitous. A Pitt scientist is working to protect you from thousands of types at once.
-Two of the ‘forever chemicals’ have been studied widely and show a wide range of harmful effects. A Pitt researcher is helping to tackle the problem: What do we do about the other 4,000+?
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BudgetCollaborationGreat Lakes EchoLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeOldest Coast Guard cutter with smallest crew and largest Great Lakes responsibility needs replacing
-A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says the Coast Guard is waiting for Congress to approve its proposal to replace up to 35 aging cutters, which average 56 years old.
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Wisconsin climate task force releases its recommendations
-The report from the task force includes 55 recommendations designed to adapt to climate change and limit its negative impacts while also seeking to improve the economy.
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CollaborationCOVID-19Cruise ShipsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolicyWaterfront DevelopmentFamily-owned fishing businesses displaced by waterfront developments on Great Lakes
-Working waterfront access — the access needed by fishing folks to unload their catch, process fish and retrieve ice and fuel — is being affected by coastal gentrification.
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Watch Party: Detroit River’s High Water
-Jacqueline Serran with the Detroit River Canadian Clean Up, WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Great Lakes Now’s Sandra Svoboda chat about high water level impacts on habitat and communities along the Detroit River in Canada and the U.S.
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Energy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIan WendrowIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsEnergy News Roundup: Recognition of tribal treaties, Michigan Green Bank, former Upper Peninsula mine sites
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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Algae BloomsAsian CarpClimate ChangeDrinking WaterIndigenous CommunitiesInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPublic Concern: Climate change, runoff and chemicals at the forefront of people’s worries about the Great Lakes
-Public concern about climate change is escalating in the Great Lakes region, according to a new report issued by a binational group that manages and protects the Great Lakes.
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Climate ChangeLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsIndex: International Joint Commission’s 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report
-Here’s a handy index of all the reports referenced in the IJC’s 2020 triennial report.
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Join Us LIVE: Release of the IJC 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report on Great Lakes Water Quality
-The report is an independent review of the Canadian and U.S. governments’ progress to restore and maintain the Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat should justice look like for Flint after the water crisis? Residents weigh in
-“It’s so horrible, so wide-ranging, and it affects everything,” one resident said. “There’s no way to put a dollar amount on it, for everyone to be whole again.”
