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Failures to follow law caused Flint water crisis

By Nicholas Schroeck | January 22, 2016

Environmental law expert Nicholas Schroeck breaks down the multiple failures by government that led to the Flint water crisis.

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Searching for woodland fairies and fingernail clams

By admin | January 19, 2016

We explore vernal pools in the latest edition of the Great Lakes Echo podcast, Echos.

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Great Lakes govs weigh Waukesha water woes

By WKAR Current State | January 18, 2016

Current State speaks with Jon Allan, director of Michigan’s Office of the Great Lakes, about why Waukesha wants Lake Michigan water.

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Harnessing a market for Lake Erie water quality

By Morgan Linn | January 18, 2016

The Great Lakes Commission is developing a trading system to help industry and farmers reduce Lake Erie pollution.

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Microbeads ban

By Guest Contributor | January 13, 2016

A Petoskey News-Review podcast follow-up on the microbeads ban.

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Echo’s Wilson on Flint’s water

By Courtney Bourgoin | January 12, 2016

Great Lakes Echo commentator Gary Wilson says the Environmental Protection Agency should have done more to mitigate Flint’s drinking water crisis.

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Acid trip: Great Lakes could face similar acidification risk as the seas

By | January 7, 2016

Acidification is not just for oceans–the Great Lakes could acidify, too, as our carbon emissions increase. Here’s why you should take note.

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Mirroring images of the Great Lakes

By David Poulson | January 5, 2016

Engineers aren’t the only ones who have reversed the flow of a river. Check out what cartographers have done to make maximum use of limited space and technology.

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Who are those who quietly toil for the Great Lakes?

By Gary Wilson | December 28, 2015

Thomas Hardy and the Tao Te Ching point the way.

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Water quality stirs interest of Michigan voters

By Eric Freedman | December 21, 2015

More than 90 percent of those surveyed want the state to examine urban water systems. Flint’s water woes prompted the concern.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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