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Climate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsInterviewLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchVideoSustainability and fighting climate change with University of Michigan President Santa Ono
-Great Lakes Now presents University of Michigan President Santa Ono in conversation about sustainability and how we can fight climate change.
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Blue EconomyClevelandFeature ClevelandFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice‘Circular economy’ programs aim to reduce waste and build jobs
-Programs find new life for items including rejected carrots, NFL banners, and discarded clothing.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchHydroponic greenhouses continue to offer solution to urban food deserts
-An upcoming hydroponic facility is the latest development in the former company town of Pullman, a community in south Chicago.
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Climate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsQuebecShipping and PortsWaterfront DevelopmentSustainable Shipping: The Port of Montreal’s role as the Great Lakes’ green gateway
-The Port of Montreal is one of two ports with a perfect score under Green Marine’s sustainability certification program. As such a large and critically positioned port, Montreal also has arguably more money to spend on sustainability initiatives than many other ports.
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Climate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsShipping and PortsGreen Marine: Are voluntary efforts enough to improve port sustainability?
-Voluntary organization Green Marine encourages port authorities, port terminals, shipping companies and shipyards to improve their sustainability, but regulations and expense remain challenges.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticePriority Shift: Chicago mayor sets environmental sights on neglected communities
-But her stance on leadership on Great Lakes issues remains unclear.
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AdvocacyBudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentSturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back to the Great Lakes
-Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
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Blue EconomyBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: Nuclear plant bailout, energy grants, and new wind and solar gardens on the coasts
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly energy-related headline roundup.
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AdvocacyAuthorsDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyProtectResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsSustainable Brands Day 4: It ended with a dance performance
-On the final day of the Sustainable Brands 2019 conference, discussions on policy, water challenges and advocacy continued.
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Erie Hack: Preventing, solving and tracking toxic algae bloom most popular issue for teams to tackle
-Nine teams will continue on to the finals, which will be June 20 in Cleveland.
