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AdvocacyAuthorsEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: The nation-to-nation fight against extractivism
-An Ojibwe elder traveled to Serbia to learn about the successful fight against a mining giant looking to set up a similar operation in Minnesota.
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BuffaloClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitDuluthLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsScience, Technology, ResearchAre Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants?
-The Great Lakes region has a lower risk of extreme weather compared to other parts of the country.
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Preserving Minnesota’s bogs could fight climate change
-Researchers in Minnesota are creating a national map to identify peatlands – soggy areas of slowly decaying organic matter – and guides for how to restore them. The PeatRestore project is set to span several years.
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Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’
-For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That was obvious in the northern United States, where about 1,000 people were golfing last month in a snow-starved Minneapolis during what the state is calling “the Lost Winter of 2023-24.”
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Violence in Ma’iingan Country
-There has been an uptick in human-wolf conflict in northern Minnesota.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDuluthFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinTwenty companies pledge to use all parts of Great Lakes fish by 2025
-Fish-leather purses and wallets may make their way into Great Lakes fashion with an initiative to use 100% of commercially caught fish by 2025.
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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.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsMinnesota Tribe Sets Enforceable Rules To Safeguard Wild Rice and Water Supply
-Ineffective voluntary pollution prevention practices are set aside for mandatory regulation.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndianaKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS likely present in all major water supplies, Court rules against restrictions on PFAS in Michigan
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsEnergy News RoundupIllinoisIndianaKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsin
Energy News Roundup: Climate action plan in Illinois, Offshore wind project in Lake Erie
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
