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Great Lakes Month in Review: Obama’s legacy, Flint update
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Gary Wilson talks with Current State about the month in Great Lakes news.
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IJC releases progress report, schedules hearings
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The report cites some significant progress such as improving wetlands and restoring contaminated areas.
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Wisconsin cuts climate change warning, sparks fear of U.S. rollback
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Environmental groups are criticizing changes to climate change information on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website and worry that this is a preview of the Trump administration.
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Homeowners fear impact of new Lake Ontario regs
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Lake Ontario homeowners fear new regulations will mean more flooding.
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State of Great Lakes research, lighthouse keepers, smart meters
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The latest from Mr. Great Lakes.
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Study: Tons of plastic getting into Great Lakes
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A new study from Rochester Institute of Technology tracks how much plastic is getting into the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes pollutant lurks in your laundry pile
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The United States and Canada are moving to ban microbeads — the tiny plastic bits in toothpaste and facewash that are big water polluters. Now scientists are focusing on a similar problem — and it’s lurking in your laundry pile.
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What’s icy, metal and two miles long? A Great Lakes ice boom
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As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge hydro-electric power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the Northeast U.S. and Canada, power companies rig up a contraption called an ice boom.
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What will 2017 bring for the Great Lakes?
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The new presidential administration could mean big changes for the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
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The nation’s first offshore wind energy project just started operating in Rhode Island waters, and developers are pushing ahead in another vast body of water: the Great Lakes. A six-turbine demonstration is underway on Lake Erie, about nine miles from Cleveland’s shoreline.