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Water quality

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Water

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.

Water

Microbeads ban

By Guest Contributor | January 13, 2016

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

Water

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.

Water

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.

Water

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.

Palisade's Nuclear Plant in Covert, MI.
Waste

Maps show proposed nuclear waste travels in Great Lakes region

By Courtney Bourgoin | December 7, 2015

Anti-nuclear groups mapped the potential travels of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes region if a waste site were approved in Nevada.

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Great Lakes Month in Review: Flint water crisis

By WKAR Current State | December 7, 2015

A recap of the Great Lakes’ biggest environmental stories in November.

Water

Photo Friday: Storm wave sloshes sediment into Lake Erie

By admin | December 4, 2015

Satellite image shows impact of a wave known as a seiche.

Energy

Michigan frack report explores options

By Courtney Bourgoin | November 18, 2015

The University of Michigan illuminates the unknowns of fracking in Michigan.

Pictured Rocks, David Marvin
Water

U.P. water study boosts conservation efforts

By Eric Freedman | October 19, 2015

Research at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sheds light on the critical environmental role that shallow seasonal pools of water play in supporting wildlife.

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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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