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AuthorsDetroit RiverEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsNewsShipping and PortsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: $50 Million sediment cleanup on Rouge River Old Channel will become a model
-At the center of a sediment cleanup project: Zug Island, which sits between Rouge and Detroit rivers.
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2019 Featured PostGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismRegionSandra SvobodaGreat Lakes Now: Our 2019 look back and our 2020 look ahead
-The Great Lakes Now team produced dozens of news stories, nine monthly shows, one documentary and countless moments of impact. We’ll do even more in the next year, again, with your help.
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2019 Featured PostEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionThe Great Lakes in 2019: Senior Correspondent Gary Wilson’s look back at the headlines
-Sometimes the reporting was in cold places, but the news was always hot and impactful for Great Lakes Now this past year.
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Water authority: Some metals not detected after Detroit River aggregate spill
-Initial water quality tests following the spill of limestone construction aggregate into the Detroit River did not turn up uranium, thorium, mercury or lead, according to the Great Lakes Water Authority.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan State: Crews to begin dredging Lake Superior harbor
-Crews were expected to start removing more copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands that have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important fish spawning area, according to state officials.
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Plenty of contaminants found at Detroit-area industrial site
-An inspection of an old industrial site in suburban Detroit was triggered by the discovery of a yellow-green substance along a major interstate.
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2019 Featured PostBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and Fishing4 out of 5: I’ll get you next time, Lake Ontario
-Great Lakes Now News Director Natasha Blakely shares her 2019 adventures along with plans for 2020.
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2019 Featured PostAdvocacyGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsProtectRecreation and TourismSturgeonAn Open Letter: I have been seeing lake sturgeon and plan to keep it up in 2020
-GLN Writer James Proffitt’s relationship with the ancient fish flourished in 2019, and he plans to take it further in the next year.
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2019 Featured PostBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismSandra SvobodaSuperior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake
-This week, Great Lakes Now writers are looking back at their 2019 adventures. Program Director Sandra Svoboda’s included the biennial Trans Superior Race aboard a 70-foot sailboat.
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NY tweaks clean water plan as suppliers call for more time
-New York would not issue violations against certain water suppliers who notify the public that they have too-high levels of certain industrial and synthetic chemicals under the latest plan to be proposed by state regulators.
