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APDrinking WaterIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsin
Michigan judge nullifies crucial permit for mining project
-Michigan judge has overruled state regulators who approved a key permit for a proposed open-pit mine in the Upper Peninsula, another delay for a project that has been debated for nearly two decades.
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Demands for change, requests for information pertaining to Flint water settlement
-Activist Jasmine Hall started demands to get residents more money and resources out of the settlement, and Attorney Loyst Fletcher has requested for residents to get more information.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Great Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Drinking WaterFreightersGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFreightersGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsShipping and PortsShipwrecksWelland Canal
Watch Party: Ships and Shipwrecks
-Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes, learn about life on a Great Lakes…
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COVID-19Great Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourism
2020 Really Sucked. What’s Up Next? I don’t know.
-A frequent theme of my GLN articles – and others’ – this year was the Crazy-19 virus.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
“I can sum it up in one word, and that is: nightmare.” 10 years after massive oil spill in Michigan
-One of the worst oil spills into an inland waterway in U.S. history happened right here in Michigan, 10 years ago this week.
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12 Indiana communities getting water infrastructure grants
-Twelve rural Indiana communities will share more than $8 million in federal grants to improve their water systems.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeDrinking WaterGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioSandra SvobodaWisconsin
2020 Vision: Great Lakes Now year in review predicts 2021
-It was a year of challenges, successes and conversations about the Great Lakes for our team. What did we learn? And what are we planning for 2021? Here’s what Program Director Sandra Svoboda has to say.