Water
Microbeads ban
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A Petoskey News-Review podcast follow-up on the microbeads ban.
Water
Echo’s Wilson on Flint’s water
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Great Lakes Echo commentator Gary Wilson says the Environmental Protection Agency should have done more to mitigate Flint’s drinking water crisis.
Water
Acid trip: Great Lakes could face similar acidification risk as the seas
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Acidification is not just for oceans–the Great Lakes could acidify, too, as our carbon emissions increase. Here’s why you should take note.
Water
Water quality stirs interest of Michigan voters
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More than 90 percent of those surveyed want the state to examine urban water systems. Flint’s water woes prompted the concern.
Waste
Maps show proposed nuclear waste travels in Great Lakes region
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Anti-nuclear groups mapped the potential travels of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes region if a waste site were approved in Nevada.
Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: Flint water crisis
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A recap of the Great Lakes’ biggest environmental stories in November.
Energy
Michigan frack report explores options
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The University of Michigan illuminates the unknowns of fracking in Michigan.
Water
U.P. water study boosts conservation efforts
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Research at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sheds light on the critical environmental role that shallow seasonal pools of water play in supporting wildlife.
Water
Chicago conferences focus on Asian carp, toxic algae, oil pipelines
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Great Lakes Week brought government officials and environmentalists together to talk about the region’s most pressing environmental issues.
Wildlife
Old bird waste yields new insight on today’s environment
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Canadian researchers are picking through bird poo on islands in eastern Lake Ontario to uncover the environmental impact of double-crested cormorants.