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Millions in loans to replace lead pipes pumping water into Chicago homes remain unspent | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 1d

City officials said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.

Story by @insideclimatenews.org, @wbez.org and @grist.org: www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/10/lead...

City officials said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.

Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees | Great Lakes Now | Full Episode

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All Too Clear Film @alltooclearfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Detroit - our upcoming FREE screening of "All Too Clear" at the Detroit Film Theatre is almost SOLD OUT! Grab your tickets now, and join us Wednesday, Oct 8 at 7:00PM. Tickets 👉 dia.org/events/all-t...

@bridgemi.com @greatlakesnow.bsky.social @michiganpublic.bsky.social @nature.org

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 6d

Our latest episode is here! 🚢🌊

Dive into Thunder Bay's underwater museum, discover Lake Ontario’s forgotten wrecks (from home) and learn about how Canadian forests built a Chicago media empire.

youtu.be/tWFkJpR_U3Q

Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 7d

Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth?

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/clim...

Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth?

Time running out for Great Lakes whitefish. Can ponds become their Noah’s Ark? | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 8d

TONIGHT on Detroit PBS!

Explore shipwreck sanctuaries and a forest that fueled a media empire.

Read about "Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees" and catch the episode premiere at 7:30 PM ET: www.greatlakesnow.org/lost-ships-a...

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 8d

On the brink of collapse in Lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish need a miracle. Now, some want to relocate fish en masse to inland waters to preserve dying bloodlines.

Story by @bridgemi.com:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/time...

On the brink of collapse in Lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish need a miracle. Now, some want to relocate fish en masse to inland waters to preserve dying bloodlines.

Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees | Episode Preview

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 11d

In our latest episode, join us on a shipwreck adventure in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and see how Lake Ontario is bringing shipwrecks to your home. Plus, the story of a Canadian forest that built a Chicago media empire.

Watch it 9/29 at 7:30 PM ET on Detroit PBS: youtu.be/t-gp211hfcA

How Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 12d

The Detroit Film Theatre is hosting the premiere of acclaimed documentary "All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes" on October 8 at 7 PM.

The film uses underwater drones to explore the beauty of the Great Lakes and the impact of invasive mussels.

Learn more: dia.org/events/all-t...

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 13d

Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/how-...

Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 14d

The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.

Story by @theconversation.com:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/a-gr...

The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.

Amid rise of RFK Jr., officials waver on drinking water fluoridation — even in the state where it started | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 15d

As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride "industrial waste," state and local governments are pulling back — upending a decades-long public health success story.

Story by @propublica.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/fluo...

As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...

Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 20d

The agrivoltaics practice of raising sheep under solar panels is a win-win for Illinois farmers — but first the market for lamb meat needs to grow.

Story by @canarymedia.com:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/illi...

The agrivoltaics practice of raising sheep under solar panels is a win-win for Illinois farmers — but first the market for lamb meat needs to grow.

Should the lakes have rights? | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 20d

When we think about who has rights under the law, we usually think of people or organizations. But what about nature?

A growing movement argues that natural resources, like the Great Lakes, should have guaranteed rights.

youtu.be/wOqZhZmbfGo

As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives — for now | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 26d

Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canada’s Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerved.

Story by @bridgemi.com:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/as-m...

Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canada’s Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerv...

What’s going on in Wasaga Beach? Profit, piping plovers and an Ontario town’s complicated future | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 27d

Join the creators of @alltooclearfilm.bsky.social for a historic real-time dive to Superior Shoal, a towering underwater mountain in the heart of Lake Superior.

Explore the Freshwater Everest on Sunday, September 14 at 3 PM ET.

Learn more: inspiredplanet.ca/live

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 28d

Protesters drove in from Toronto and nearby towns to challenge a new land-use decision that they say threatens to irreversibly harm the summer home of one of Wasaga’s regular visitors: piping plovers, a tiny, lively, endangered bird.

Story by @thenarwhal.ca:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/wasa...

The Ontario government is handing provincial parklands over to the town in hopes of boosting the local economy. Residents wonder whether the beach will still be welcoming to the endangered birds — and...

Fishing for Lake Superior's Apex Predator | Great Lakes Now | feat. @jimmygretz

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 29d

Join Great Lakes Now host Anna Sysling and Michigan Out of Doors' Jimmy Gretzinger for a day of trout fishing on Lake Superior! 🎣

Airing on stations across the Great Lakes region, Michigan Out of Doors takes viewers on adventures in fishing, hunting and more.

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Report says growing demand from data centers, industry could stress Great Lakes water | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Alliance for the Great Lakes report urges states to take steps to protect water resources.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/repo...

The Alliance for the Great Lakes report urges states to take steps to protect water resources.

Trump administration orders 63-year-old Michigan coal plant to stay open — again | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Trump administration is keeping a Michigan coal plant open even longer past its planned retirement.

Catch the latest energy news from around the region:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/trum...

More energy news as General Motors partially shuts down an EV factory and young people in Wisconsin sue over climate change.

In Peshawbestown, the Grand Traverse Band puts fish waste to use | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Grand Traverse Band is turning the waste into a compost and fertilizer, cutting down on landfill waste and helping with food sovereignty efforts.

Story by @iprnews.bsky.social and @grist.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/in-p...

The Grand Traverse Band is turning the waste into a compost and fertilizer, cutting down on landfill waste and helping with food sovereignty efforts.

Blue-green algae is making a home in the warming waters of Lake Superior’s watershed | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 3

Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae — to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes.

Story by @thenarwhal.ca:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/blue...

Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae — to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes.

Why Scientists are Eavesdropping on Forests | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 2

What can sound tell us about the health of forests? 🌳

The Soundscape Baselines Project has been recording the natural sounds of forests around the world to track biodiversity and environmental change.

youtu.be/C9yIodfYubA

Points North: The Pink Prairie Mascot | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Sep 2

In 2014, a group of botanists discovered that a very rare plant native to the Kankakee River in Illinois had vanished. That set off a quest to bring back the missing Midwestern flower. 🌼

Check out the latest episode of "Points North" by
@iprnews.bsky.social: www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/poin...

In 2014, a group of botanists discovered that a very rare plant native to the Kankakee River in Illinois, had vanished from its only known native habitat in the world. That set off a quest to bring ba...

Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs PFAS Reduction Act | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · Aug 29

The act will phase out intentionally added PFAS in children’s products, cosmetics, sleepwear, underwear, menstrual products and dental floss by 2032.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/08/illi...

More PFAS news with millions of Americans drinking contaminated water, and concerns in Wisconsin over a drilling operation.