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Plastic plagues the Great Lakes
-“22 million pounds of plastic flow to the Great Lakes each year”
Chicago’s early January temperatures don’t make for beach-going, but beaches free of plastic litter were recently top of mind for Illinois Great Lakes advocates. -
Two Sides of the Line 5 Pipeline in the Great Lakes
-The end of November and the month of December brought many new developments for the Line 5 Pipeline which runs between Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsula in the Straits of Mackinac.
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Are Great Lakes Emergency Responders ready for an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac?
-At the 28th Annual “No Spills” Conference January 3 through the 5th, emergency responders throughout the Great Lakes Region gathered to discuss ways to protect the Great Lakes from spills of all kinds and discussed new ways to respond in the event of a hazardous material spill that would affect the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
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Diminishing state budgets, federal deficits threaten environmental protection
-President Trump’s threatened budget cuts for Great Lakes restoration garnered most of the attention of Great Lakes advocates in 2017.
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