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National ballast water standards only apply to new vessels on the Great Lakes
-Existing Great Lakes vessels are exempt from installing treatment systems to control the spread of invasive species.
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Finding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails
-Scientists are thinking holistically about biodiversity, sustainability, and resilience when it comes to the role invasive cattails play in the Great Lakes.
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Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp
-Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter expressing concern over costs of the $1 billion project and the burden to Illinois taxpayers.
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Is nuclear power clean energy?
-A draft report was released that says if the state wants to meet its goal of being carbon free by 2040, it will need to invest in new nuclear energy.
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Why Chicago will take decades to replace lead pipes
-The EPA proposed new rules that would remove lead pipes from America’s drinking water infrastructure over the next decade. Chicago is a notable exception.
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Ratepayers still paying for closing coal plants?
-In Wisconsin, several coal plants have announced plans to shut down. But ratepayers are still saddled with the cost.
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Great 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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Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push
-Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp.