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Illinois lawmakers seek to protect state wetlands
-The U.S. Supreme Court rolled back protections for wetlands last year, leaving states like Illinois vulnerable.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFaced with COVID-era civil rights complaints, Chicago commits to environmental justice
-Chicago is joining a nationwide trend of large cities incorporating equity or justice goals into preparing for climate change’s impact on public health.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGLNCGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsStudy calls for EPA to include human well-being in Great Lakes restoration program
-Historically restoration work focused on measurable ecological outcomes. Researchers make the case to codify human well-being into the process.
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ClevelandFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer
-Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer.
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Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
-Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
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Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers
-Invasive carp could threaten the $7 billion recreation and commercial fishing industry around the Great Lakes.
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Asian CarpFeature HomepageIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes policy advocate calls out Illinois for intransigence on invasive carp solution
-“Illinois is running out of excuses and right now it is single handedly delaying the project,” says the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Molly Flanagan in a Great Lakes Now interview.
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APChicagoDetroitFeature HomepageIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlooding drives millions to move as climate migration patterns emerge
-Flooding is driving millions of people to move, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Impact of PFAS on farming, proposed cuts to the EPA
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Opposition over solar development in Illinois, excessive heat in Detroit
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
