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Bruce Power says refurbished Unit 6 back online

Bruce Power’s Unit 6 nuclear reactor was reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid after more than three years of refurbishment, the company announced Friday. The Major Component Replacement outage began in January 2020 and was completed ahead of schedule, the company said in a news release. By replacing and upgrading key equipment, the reactor’s life will […]

Great Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks

Great Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks

Great Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks

Eighty percent of Canadians live in urban areas, and most are disconnected from nature. To help address this, Canada is creating a network of national urban parks not only to conserve nature, but to connect people with it, and advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Now, the University of Windsor has become a partner by creating the first university-based National Urban Park Hub.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Energy News Roundup: Climate action plan in Illinois, Offshore wind project in Lake Erie

Energy News Roundup: Climate action plan in Illinois, Offshore wind project in Lake Erie

Energy News Roundup: Climate action plan in Illinois, Offshore wind project in Lake Erie

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Illinois

Wind, solar training facility opens in Bloomington — Pantagraph

Officials unveil a new technical training center in Bloomington, Illinois, that will train at least 100 people annually for wind and solar jobs.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Science Says What? The weight of the world rests on a small Canadian lake

Science Says What? The weight of the world rests on a small Canadian lake

Science Says What? The weight of the world rests on a small Canadian lake

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.

A tiny lake just an hour’s drive from Toronto made headlines earlier this summer as the best place in the world to illustrate the dawn of a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

PFAS News Roundup: Clermont County village files lawsuit over forever chemicals, home testing kits debut in Chicago

PFAS News Roundup: Clermont County village files lawsuit over forever chemicals, home testing kits debut in Chicago

PFAS News Roundup: Clermont County village files lawsuit over forever chemicals, home testing kits debut in Chicago

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Illinois

Home Water Quality Testing Kits For Lead, Copper And PFAS To Debut In Chicago — Forbes

The National Science Foundation is backing a pilot study by Northwestern University to develop and distribute water quality testing kits to Chicago-area residents.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Landmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010

Landmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010

Landmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010

It was 2010 when after a decade of lobbying by Great Lakes advocates, federal funding in the U.S. to restore the Great Lakes began to flow to the tune of $475 million.  

Beneath the radar in that first year, Central Michigan University received $10 million to lead a team of regional scientists who would study coastal wetlands that had been severely degraded over time.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains why

Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains why

Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains why

By Christopher T. Migliaccio, University of Montana

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Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling into North American cities far from the flames. New York City and Detroit were both listed among the five most polluted cities in the world because of the fires on June 7, 2023.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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