High-resolution satellite data and near real-time observations about the Earth’s atmosphere are now available to state-level air quality monitoring agencies across the Great Lakes. Michigan is already putting the information to good use. Read the full story by MLive.
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New buoy will help monitor water quality in the Detroit River
The Great Lakes Water Authority and several other partners are now monitoring the water quality of the Detroit River through a new buoy. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI. Read the full story
Another successful year for Coastal Conservation Youth Corps
Another season of the Lake Huron Coastal Centre’s Coastal Conservation Youth Corps has wrapped up its activities along the shoreline from coastal clean-ups to monitoring water quality and shoreline conditions. Read the full story by CKNX News Today. Read the full story
Energy News Roundup: Community solar projects seen as key step toward energy justice in Illinois, Great Lakes offshore wind farm put on hold
Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Pritzker signs Illinois measure allowing new small-scale nuclear technology — St. Louis Public Radio
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Tribal governments demand Canada abandon Line 5 support
Leaders from 51 tribal nations, including some in Michigan, blasted Canada’s support of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline last week. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio. Read the full story
Letters to the Editor: March 29, 2022
A river for everyone Re: River group wants city council to change course on Springbank Dam (March 26). As a lifelong Londoner, I swam at the beach in Fanshawe Lake, now closed to swimmers for health reasons. I also relished celebratory boating activities held on the river. The river’s current state greatly disappoints me. The […]
Water quality sampling effort in Lake Superior estuary targets emerging threats from harmful algal blooms
Partners working to clean up a polluted hotspot on Lake Superior are now looking to monitor emerging threats from harmful algal blooms. A team of scientists is now deploying sensors to collect more than 300 water samples from the St. Louis River Estuary to track emerging water quality issues. Read the full story by Wisconsin…