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Sporting Uncertainty: COVID-19 casts shadow over Great Lakes sports events
-Events around the lakes are being canceled, postponed or put on hold until more information comes out.
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Regulation During COVID-19: Canadian, U.S. agencies lighten monitoring priorities
-Oil companies successfully request lighter oversight amid coronavirus pandemic. Farmers support the move.
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Great Lakes Learning: Plan a destination dinner on a Great Lakes island
-How about dinner “on” Mackinac, Washington or Drummond islands? All while helping your family learn more about the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes Moment: Earth Day turns 50
-Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig shares his own memories of the first Earth Day and the changes he’s noticed in the nature around him since then.
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MPART: Michigan’s efforts to root out and deal with PFAS contamination
-In this web exclusive, Great Lakes Now looks at Michigan’s PFAS Action Response Team.
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Coping with PFAS: How have families been dealing with PFAS contamination in their communities
-In this web exclusive, two residents from Kent County, Michigan, share about their struggles with PFAS.
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Great Lakes Learning: How to get your students chatting – productively – in online lessons
-Education Consultant Gary Abud Jr. has four helpful tips to make the most of online discussions with your students and children.
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Great Lakes Energy News Roundup: COVID-19 impacting utilities everywhere and across industries
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
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Great Lakes Now Virtual Field Trip
-Great Lakes Now and Detroit PBS KIDS takes you along on a Virtual Field Trip.
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Michigan bans spreading manure on croplands in winter months
-Michigan EGLE said the ban is intended to prevent manure from flowing into waterways. Manure is a leading polluter of the Great Lakes, inland lakes and streams.